{{Short description|Bay in Pembrokeshire, west Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|Ceibwr Bay, looking north across the entrance to Ceibwr Cove '''Ceibwr Bay''' ({{langx|cy|Bae Ceibwr}}) is a bay opening into the Irish Sea in Pembrokeshire, west Wales. It is about 7 km west of Cardigan, and 3 km south of the headland of Cemaes Head. A part of it known as the Moyle is owned by the National Trust,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newportpembs.co.uk/articles/ceibwr-bay-moylegrove-near-newport-pembs.php|title=Ceibwr Bay at Moylegrove near Newport Pembrokeshire | NewportPembs|website=newportpembs.co.uk}}</ref> and lies within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path.
==Geology== thumb|Cliffs of Penyrafr, viewed from Ceibwr Bay The elevated landscape at Ceibwr Bay is made up of spectacular cliff folds, part of the Nant Ceibwr valley leading through the village of Moylegrove, originally formed by glacial erosion. The river runs out into the Irish Sea through Ceibwr Bay.
The Ceibwr Bay Fault is a WSW-ENE-trending fault zone, that extends from the coast at Ceibwr Bay at its western end to the coast at Aberporth at its eastern end.<ref name="Sheppard">{{cite web|url=http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/8761/1/IR05011.pdf|title=The geology of the Qinetiq/Ministry of Defence firing range at Aberporth, Ceredigion|last=Sheppard|first=T.H.|year=2005|work=Geological Survey Internal Report, IR/05/011|publisher=British geological Survey|pages=1–6|accessdate=17 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="Brenchley">{{cite book|last1=Brenchley|first1=P.J.|last2=Rushton|first2=A.W.A|last3=Howells|first3=M. |author4=Cave R.|editor=Brenchley P.J. & Rawson P.F.|title=The geology of England and Wales|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6gqvAbdS-MC&dq=ceibwr+bay+fault&pg=PA64|accessdate=17 December 2010|edition=2|year=2006|publisher=Geological Society|location=London|isbn=978-1-86239-200-7|page=64|chapter=Cambrian and Ordovician: the early Palaeozoic tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Welsh Basin, Midland and Monian Terranes of Eastern Avalonia }}</ref>
==Features== thumb|Ceibwr Cove and former harbour; Ceibwr Bay beyond Ceibwr Bay is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and is owned by the National Trust. The landscape is a significant bird habitat (gulls, fulmar, shag, cormorant and chough)<ref name=PCNPA /> and its natural environment and geological features attract nature lovers and coasteerers.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC News|title=Adventure sports hub plan angers nature lovers|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2gykrxm4zo|date=3 August 2024|author=Alec Scourfield|access-date=4 August 2024}}</ref> Accessed by the Pembrokeshire Coast Path (part of the Wales Coast Path), its cliff-tops afford sightings of bottlenose dolphins and Atlantic grey seals.<ref name="pembrokeshirecoastpath">{{cite web |url=http://www.pembrokeshirecoastpath.com |title=Pembrokeshire Coast Path |publisher=Celtic Trails: UK Walking Holidays |access-date=24 August 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001204171900/http://www.pembrokeshirecoastpath.com/ |archive-date=4 December 2000 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
To the south of the bay is the Witches' Cauldron (''Pwll-y-wrach''), a collapsed cave. Ceibwr Cove has a small stony beach beside the outflow of Nant Ceibwr<ref name=PCNPA>{{cite web|title=Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority: Ceibwr/Moylegrove|url=http://www.pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk/apps/witp/default.asp?level=4&WalkID=50|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref> and was once a port serving Moylegrove and the surrounding area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pembrokeshire Coast National Park: Ceibwr to Pwll-y-Wrach|url=http://www.pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk/Files/files/Walk%20PDF/gentle_strolls/english/ceibwr_pwllywrach.pdf|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wales Coast Path: short walks|url=http://www.walescoastpath.gov.uk/explore_by_area/pembrokeshire/short_walks.aspx|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>
==See also== * Cardigan Bay Special Area of Conservation
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Category:Cardigan Bay Category:Bays of Pembrokeshire Category:National Trust properties in Wales Category:Nature reserves in Pembrokeshire