Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANIO

LLANIO, a township in Llanddewi-brefi parish, Cardigan; on the river Teifi, and the Sarn Helen way, 2 miles SW of Tregaron. Acres, 1,228. Pop., 122. Houses, 19. The Roman station Loventium was here; and Roman inscriptions, coins, bricks, and pottery have been found. Foundations of an ancient building, 150 feet by 72, were discovered in a field called Caer-Castell.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanddewibrefi AP       Llanio CP/Tn/Ch       Cardiganshire AncC
Place: Llanio

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