Pwll-y-pant

Morphology: pwll+y+pant
Phonetic: pu-ll-uh-pant

The name means "pool near the hollow", recorded in 1738 as Pwllypant and pwlly pant in 1784. By 1833, the name Pwll-y-pant specifically referred to the crossroads and toll-gate and by 1852 was shown as Pwllypant Gate. The "pwll" or pool was probably a river-pool in the river Rhymney and the "pant" or hollow was the location of the crossroads where the Caerphilly-Llanbradach road dipped into the hollow and was crossed by the road that lead up to Energlyn and Pen-yr-heol from Bedwas.