Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Towy

Towy, river, South Wales; rises under Tregaron hill, in NE. of Cardiganshire, and flows 65 miles SW. past Llandovery, Llandilo, and Carmarthen, to the head of Carmarthen Bay, at the influx of the Taf.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Cardiganshire AncC
Place: Towy

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