Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Yscir-Fawr and Yscir-fechan

Yscir-Fawr and Yscir-fechan, 2 hamlets, Merthyr-Cynog par., Brecknockshire, on the Yscir, 11 miles NW. of Brecknock; the Yscir rises on Mynydd Epynt, and flows 12 miles SE. to the Usk at Aberyscir, 2½ miles NW. of Brecknock.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "2 hamlets"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Merthyr Cynog AP/CP       Brecknockshire AncC
Place: Yscir

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