CLARACH, a township, in that part of the parish of LLANBADARNVAWR which is in the upper division of the hundred of
GENEU'R-GLYN, county of CARDIGAN, SOUTH WALES, 3 miles (N. E.) from Aberystwith, On the road from that town to
Machynlleth, containing 290 inhabitants. The river Clarach, which gives name to the township, flows through a pleasing
vale here, and falls into the bay of Cardigan, where the shore expands into a fine sandy beach, and the water is extremely
shallow at ebb tide. From the northern part an extensive bank of sand, called Sara Gynvelyn, stretches in a south-western
direction for several miles into the bay of Cardigan, terminated by sunken rocks, and with only two fathoms of water on
its surface at ebb tide. This township separately supports its own poor: the average annual expenditure is £68. 5.