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Eglwyscummin () is a community situated on the south-western boundary of Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales. It is made up of the three ward parishes of Ciffig, Eglwyscummin, and Marros, all surrounding the village of Red Roses, which lies some three miles south of Whitland and forms part of the Laugharne Township electoral ward.
The area consists mostly of farmland and is traversed from east to west by the main A477 road leading to south Pembrokeshire and the Pembroke Dock ferry port, crossed at Red Roses by the B4314 running southeastwards from the county boundary at Tavernspite to the seaside resort of Pendine Sands.
Eglwyscummin Community Centre opened on 1 March 2008 and is situated in Red Roses with a Memorial Garden adjacent which was built by members of the local Young Farmers Group.
Apart from the local farms, other businesses in the area include a horse riding centre, a farm with a shooting range that also serves Sunday lunch, several caravan parks, holiday cottages for the disabled, a bus / coach company, a farm with a pizzeria that also produces its own ice cream, a National and local league Autograss track, the Green Bridge Inn (Marros) and Sporting Chance (Red Roses) .
The community lies on the northern shore of Carmarthen Bay. It is bordered by the communities of Amroth and Lampeter Velfrey in Pembrokeshire; and by: Whitland; Llanboidy; St Clears; Llanddowror; and Pendine, all being in Carmarthenshire.
Eglwyscummin is the only known place where an Ogham inscription commemorates a woman, Avitoriges, daughter of Cunigni.
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