Talk:A478 road

Pen-y-bryn - correct spelling?

This village, the first south of Cardigan, is usually known as Penybryn (without the hyphens) but take care not to link to Penybryn in North Wales or elsewhere in Wales. It is also sometime listed as Pen y Bryn (with spaces, but no hyphens). If anyone knows what it should be, please say! Thanks. By the way, the Penybryn Arms is a lovely pub.

With spaces is the correct style, although hyphens are okay but, either way, "Penybryn" is incorrect –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard|— 21:18, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm a novice, so just looking to avoid confusion. Pembrokeshire County Council refer to it as Penybryn as do the road signs and the locals. At the same time, I know it's incorrect Welsh. Interesting. Sorry I forgot to sign original comment Tony Holkham (talk) 21:33, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

You are doing fine! Such anomalies are all over Wales. I have taken the liberty of indenting your reply ... hope you don't mind. Cheers! –
 – Gareth Griffith-Jones |The Welsh Buzzard|— 21:42, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Kind of you. So much to learn.Tony Holkham (talk) 21:46, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

More Sections

How about some more sections, such as Origins Military use Changes of alignment Bridges Old Maps 20th C Maps Traffic types over the years Inns SovalValtos (talk) 16:52, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

On a technical note, if you want to make a vertical list, use an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

To answer your suggestion, I'm not sure. I looked at A40 road (as was suggested to me) and A477 road and they both look rather intense in a way. Perhaps it should develop slowly, but that's only my gut feeling. I know a lot about the road - I use it all the time - but finding citations might be difficult. This much I can tell you:

• Origins - some originally a drover's road from Ireland (Cardigan used to be a port), later a turnpike and a route used by mail coaches
• Military use - probably some during WW2
• Changes of alignment - nothing major that I know of, just some bends straightened out
• Bridges - a few, but none notable so far as I know
• Traffic types - in recent years, HGVs not allowed out of Fishguard (ferries) to the NW, so use A40/A478 to get to Cardigan and beyond; "buzz" road for bikers in summer with some fatalities, otherwise local and holiday traffic - and loads of tractors
• Inns - I can think of about a dozen between Cardigan and the A40 (none with their own article so far as I know), but south of that, not sure.

Tony Holkham (talk) 19:31, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Turnpike

Evidence of a turnpike prior to 1706 would be notable. See article on toll roads. So maybe delete 17th C ref?

SovalValtos (talk) 21:23, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

I am looking for citations for all the edits I made, but it takes time Tony Holkham (talk) 22:35, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Carn Wen

My slightly earlier map only shows a single disused quarry on a sector to the north of the summit, so perhaps rather than saying '... boundary to Carmarthenshire and passes a viewpoint near the summit of the extensively-quarried Carn Wen, where it reaches its highest altitude of 260 metres (850 ft), extensively should be replaced by onetime or previously or partly. SovalValtos (talk) 17:45, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

The quarry is no longer disused. "extensively-quarried" is correct - they have removed a considerable proportion of the hilltop, which is clearly visible from the road, and on Google maps. I've been looking for a citation. The whole sentence could do with clarifying, though, and I understand your confusion. Tony Holkham (talk) 10:05, 15 May 2014 (UTC)