Mynydd-y-Garreg or Mynyddygarreg ("The mountain of the stone") is a village in the county of Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It borders the historic town of Kidwelly.
Governance Mynydd-y-Garreg is in the Kidwelly community and shares with it a mayor and an elected council, Kidwelly Town Council.
Transport By road, the village lies 1 km from the A484, which connects Llanelli and Carmarthen. For rail travel, Kidwelly railway station lies 4 km (2.5 miles) away by road. It provides a two-hourly daytime service on Mondays to Saturdays. Some trains reach as far as London and Manchester.
Bus services through Kidwelly provide links to Llanelli, Carmarthen, Swansea and other places.
Amenities The village has a Welsh-medium primary school, Ysgol Mynydd-y-Garreg School.Minimal information in Welsh and English. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
The county mobile library service visits the village every Wednesday between 11.30 and 12.30.Mobile library service. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
The Bro Cydweli LMA group parish of the Church in Wales provides a bilingual afternoon service on the first and third Sundays of the month at St Teilo's Church, Mynyddygarreg.Parish site. Retrieved 18 September 2020. Saint Teilo (c. 500 – 9 c. 560) was a 6th-century British monk and early Welsh saint from Pembrokeshire.History of Wales site. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
The village has a local rugby union team called Mynydd-y-Garreg RFC. It offers training facilities and a playing field with a clubhouse.Team page. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
The public house in the village, the Prince of Wales, had been recognised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide. Nonetheless, it had to close in 2017.Pub entry. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
Notable residents Tom Beynon (1886–1961), a Presbyterian minister, author and noted historian; born and grew up in Mynydd-y-Garreg.Welsh Biography. Retrieved 18 September 2020. Leslie Williams (1922–2006), a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer Gordon Lewis (born 1936), a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer with over 400 club caps Ray Gravell (1951–2007), Welsh national rugby union player; a road there was named after him, and after his death a sculpture erected in his honour at the Llanelli Scarlets' stadium Parc y Scarlets, where it stands on a plinth of stone quarried from the village.
Fossil remains Smarts Quarry, half a mile to the east of the village, is a 2.6 ha Site of Special Scientific Interest notable for its quartzite fossil remains.
References
External links Photographs of Mynydd-y-Garreg and surrounding area from the www.geograph.org.uk site