This derivation is possibly a folk etymology, connected with the local account that the Romans buried their dead here following a ferocious battle with the forces of Boudica (or Buddug in Welsh).

The village lies in the valley of the Annell, a tributary of the Afon Cothi, with low hills on either side.

It has a rendered, three-bay front with arched windows and door openings and many original interior fittings.

When the mill was renovated back to working order in the 1980s, writing was found on the walls with reference to the then Davies family owners whose daughter and son-in-law emigrated to Patagonia, Argentina in the late 19th century.

[6][7] Behind the Bridgend Inn runs a one-way street, a continuation of the road from Caio to Crugybar and likely to have been used by drovers taking livestock from Carmarthenshire on to the English border towns for sale.