MAENCLOCHOG, a village and a parish in Narberth district, Pembroke. The village stands on an affluent of the river Cleddau, under Precelly mountain, 6 miles NNE of Clarbeston-road r. station, and 9½ NNW of Narberth; took its name from a cromlech, which was destroyed by the peasantry in hope of finding treasures under it; and has a post office under Haverfordwest, and fairs on 10 March, 22 May, 5 Aug., 16 Sept., and the Monday before 29 Oct. The parish contains also the hamlet of Violin, and comprises 2,754 acres. Real property, £904. Pop., 396. Houses, 96. Slate is found. The living is a vicarages in the diocese of St. David's. Value, £70. Patron, T. Bowen, Esq.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))