What is recorded here

Old Castle Ferry marks a post-medieval river crossing in Ceredigion, Wales, where boats carried people, goods and news across water before roads closed the gap. The name suggests a castle nearby, yet no castle is recorded at this exact point. A ferry needs a bank, a current and someone willing to row through darkness, so imagine lamps trembling on the water and horses striking the gunwale with hooves. That much fits the function of a ferry, even when the castle remains absent from the facts.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Old Castle Ferry as Ferry Crossing from the Ôl-ganoloesol period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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