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Originally Posted by non
There are probably two or three with the same name as it just means The River of the Boar. There were a lot of those, boars that is, in South Wales back then.
There are still a lot of them here now - most on the Wye thread, some on the Monnow, one from Oregon, one from Minnesota, and one from Chester too...  |
The River of the Mole, another translation for
twrch would certainly not be as evocative. Perhaps, with other rivers sharing the same name, it is more a reference to the burrowing or snouting action of the actual river water, rather than either animal?
There are several Twrchs, some fairly major tributaries, such as the Twrch which joins the Dyfrdwy Fechan, in the village of Llanuwchllyn, to form the Welsh Dee.
Another Twrch joins with the Banwy at Llangadfan, and later the Gam, to become the longest Efyrnwy tributary: this joining the Severn at Melverley. Recalculated this Twrch would make the Severn even longer, as it rises adlacent to the headwaters of the Dyfi. Oddly these tributaries are known to hold large Severn sea trout, rarely seen on the main river.
I was aware of the Twrch tributary of the Cothi, and can claim to have fished all three. Unlike the Neath Twrch, which unfortunately generates visions of coal mining slag, and means I've always kept well clear.
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