Standardised Welsh Place-names list

Penlle’r-brain

Standard form
Penlle’r-brain
English form
Ravenhill
Type
Area
Postcode
SA5
Grid reference
SS6395
Local authority
Swansea

Notes

The hyphen is used in Welsh place-names in order to aid pronunciation by showing that stress does not fall on the penultimate syllable. The stress falls on the final syllable of this name and therefore the final syllable is preceded by a hyphen.