PORTSCYBORVAWR, or YSGUBORFAWR (PORTH-SCYBOR), a hamlet, with KITPLOITH, in the parish of LLANDEVEYLOG, hundred of
KIDWELLY, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES, x mile (S.) from Carmarthen: the population is returned with Kitploith.
The name of this place is derived from Porth, a gateway, Yscybor, a barn, and Pater, large. It lies on the left bank of
the Towy, by the side of which is a causeway to the town of Carmarthen; and several respectable residences are situated
near the river, as well as on the banks of the stream Pibwr, which flows through the hamlet to its junction with the Towy.
Over a chasm along which this stream takes its course is a remarkable bridge, on the road from Carmarthen to Llandarog. A
Roman road from Kidwelly to Carmarthen_passed through the hamlet.