Yscir

Ysgir
Ysgir is located in Powys
Ysgir
Ysgir
Location within Powys
Population424 
OS grid referenceSO 004 303
• Cardiff35.3 mi (56.8 km)
• London145.6 mi (234.3 km)
Community
  • Yscir
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAberhonddu
Postcode districtLD3
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
Websitehttp://www.yscir.net/
List of places
UK
Wales
Powys
51°57′43″N 3°27′04″W / 51.962°N 3.451°W / 51.962; -3.451

Yscir (or Ysgir) is a community in the county of Powys, Wales (the historic county of Brecknockshire) and is 35.3 miles (56.7 km) from Cardiff.[1][2]

Cradoc and Aberyscir are villages within the boundary of this community. Also there are the settlements of Battle and Fenni-fach. In 2011 the population of Yscir was 424[3] with 17.9% of them able to speak Welsh.[4]

Aberyscir Round Cairn and two standing stones (Battle and Fennifach Standing Stones) are all Scheduled prehistoric Monuments dating back to the Celtic (pre-Roman) period.[5]

  1. ^ Bangor University Placenames Unit (Canolfan Bedwyr); Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine accessed 9 May 2014
  2. ^ Google Maps (Map). Google.
  3. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Yscir Parish (1170221637)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ Welsh Government website; 2011 Census Returns and stats;. Retrieved 9 May 2014 Archived 2014-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Aberyscir Round Cairn, www.ancientmonuments.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2018.