Nantycaws

OSgridreferenceSO005025

Community

• Llangunnor

Post townCARMARTHEN

UKParliament

• Caerfyrddin

Nantycaws Welsh: Nant-y-caws
Philadelphia Independent Chapel
Nantycaws Location within Carmarthenshire
OS grid reference	SO005025
Community	Llangunnor
Principal area	Carmarthenshire
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARMARTHEN
Dialling code	01267
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Caerfyrddin
List of places UK Wales Carmarthenshire 51°50′34″N 4°15′02″W / 51.842872°N 4.250561°W / 51.842872; -4.250561

Nantycaws or Nant-y-caws is a rural settlement in the community of Llangunnor, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

'Nant y caws' is Welsh for 'River of the cheese' and probably refers to the rich dairy farmland in the area.^[1] The Welsh word for 'milk' has been used in other place names to refer to fertile land. Though plausibly 'Nant y caws' could refer to a cloudy stream, or one with an unpleasant smell.^[2]

Nantycaws lies largely on the old A48 road to Carmarthen (5 miles away) which was replaced in the 1980s with a dual carriageway, running close to the village.

There is a petrol station and restaurant on the A48^[3] and the Nant-y-caws Recycling Centre, located to the east of the village.

The Philadelphia Independent Chapel lies on the Llangynnor Road (old A48) and dates from 1809.^[4]