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Yscir
Human settlement in Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Ysgir | |
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Location within Powys | |
Population | 424 |
OS grid reference | SO 004 303 |
• Cardiff | 35.3 mi (56.8 km) |
• London | 145.6 mi (234.3 km) |
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Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Aberhonddu |
Postcode district | LD3 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
Website | http://www.yscir.net/ |
51.962°N 3.451°W / 51.962; -3.451 |
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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]