Puncheston

Puncheston
Aerial view of the village, looking northeast
Puncheston is located in Pembrokeshire
Puncheston
Puncheston
Location within Pembrokeshire
Population568 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSN007297
Principal area
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHaverfordwest
Postcode districtSA62
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Pembrokeshire
51°56′N 4°54′W / 51.93°N 4.90°W / 51.93; -4.90

Puncheston (Welsh: Cas-mael or Casmael)[2] is a village, parish[3] and community in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales.

It sits below the mountain known as Castlebythe (English: Cow Castle), one of the peaks in the Preseli Mountains, just outside the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.[4]

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ^ "RCAHMW Historic Place Names: Puncheston/Cas-mael". Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. ^ "GENUKI: Puncheston". Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  4. ^ "GENUKI: Parish map 39: Puncheston". Retrieved 8 August 2019.