Y-VAENOR-ISAV, a hamlet, in the parish of CAYO, higher division of the hundred of CAYO, county of CARMARTHEN, SOUTH WALES,
5 miles (W. N. W.) from Llandovery: the population is comprised in that stated under the head of the perish. This place,
also called the Lower Hamlet, is situated on the left bank of the Cothy stream; and the road from Llandovery to Llansawel
passes through it. At Maes Llan Wrthwl, within its limits, a severe battle is said to have been fought between the Romans
and the Britons; and two ancient inscribed stones have been found in the vicinity, one of which denoted that an individual
named Paulinus lay there interred.