Penparc

This article is about the village in southwest Ceredigion. For the village in Pembrokeshire, see Penparc, Pembrokeshire.

Not to be confused with Penparcau, the village in northern Ceredigion.

Penparc (also known as Penyparc) is a village in Ceredigion, Wales, on the A487 road 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Cardigan.

Penparc
Penparc
Penparc Location within Ceredigion
OS grid reference	SN21175 47973
Principal area	Ceredigion
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Cardigan
Postcode district	SA43
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Ceredigion Preseli
List of places UK Wales Ceredigion 52.101866°N 4.612508°W / 52.101866; -4.612508

The surrounding land is principally used for cattle grazing although the significant glacial sand deposits^[1] are also commercially used as a source of sand and gravel.^[2]

To the east of the village, near a prominent conical hill, is the site of the Battle of Crug Mawr, fought in 1136.^[3]