- Afon Cych
Afon Cych (often written "Cuch") is a small river tributary to the
River Teifi in south-westWales . Its "official" source (although not its highest headwater) is at Blaencych coord|51|57|53|N|4|29|28|W. It flows north-westwards through a deep, wooded, secluded valley, and joins the River Teifi atAbercych coord|52|2|36|N|4|33|34|W. Its total length is 13 km. It receives numerous small tributaries: the Sylgen, Barddi, Mamog, Dwrog and Lŵyd on the east side, and the Pedran, Cneifa and Dulas on the west side. It formed the ancient boundary between the commotes ofEmlyn Is Cuch and Emlyn Uwch Cuch, and it today forms part of the boundary betweenPembrokeshire andCarmarthenshire .The valley (Glyn Cych) is well-known in Welsh literature as the place where, in the Mabinogion, Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed has his fateful meeting with
Arawn , Lord of the Underworld. Boundary streams were often thought of as portals to the underworld.
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