Castle Caereinion (

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

: ''Castell Caereinion'') is a small village and community in

Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire, also known as ''Maldwyn'' ( cy, Sir Drefaldwyn meaning "the Shire of Baldwin's town"), is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It is named after its county tow ...

, Powys, Wales upon the

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, around 8 miles west of Welshpool, and 4 miles east of Llanfair Caereinion. Tŷ Mawr, Castle Caereinion - geograph

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the ward had a population of 1810. The community had a population of 592.

Castle Caereinion railway station Castle Caereinion railway station is a railway station on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in Mid Wales. It serves the nearby village of Castle Caereinion and lies from the terminus.Rushton, Page 24 The station was opene ...

is on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. The community includes the hamlet of

Cyfronydd Cyfronydd railway station lies from Welshpool's Raven Square station on the narrow gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway in Mid Wales. This is where trains pass each other when a two train service is operating. Passengers are able to al ...

. The village is named after an ancient castle. The castle was built in 1156 by Madog ap Maredudd. Madog's nephew Owain Cyfeiliog swore allegiance to the English, Owain Gwynedd took the castle from him and destroyed it in about 1167. It has been suggested that a mound in the churchyard of St Garmon's is the remains of the earthwork castle. This mound is known as Twmpath Garmon, so it could be a preaching mound (as in

Llanfechain Llanfechain is a village and community in Powys, Wales, on the B4393 road between Llanfyllin and Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain. Historically it belonged to Montgomeryshire. The River Cain runs through. The population of 465 at the 2011 Census was e ...

). The most recent view is that the mound does not appear motte-like and a survey in 2002 failed to find a surrounding ditch. Tŷ Mawr, a

listed Grade I In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

timber-framed house, is in Trefnant within the parish of Castle Caereinion, this house represents an important surviving medieval hall house built for gentry of high which, denrochronological evidence suggests was built around 1490, The house was restored in 19971998 and is again being used as a home.

St Garmon’s Church

Part of the Church in Wales, the church of

St Garmon Germanus of Auxerre ( la, Germanus Antissiodorensis; cy, Garmon Sant; french: Saint Germain l'Auxerrois; 378 – c. 442–448 AD) was a western Roman clergyman who was bishop of Autissiodorum in Late Antique Gaul. He abandoned a career as a h ...

was completely rebuilt in the

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style in 1866 with additions in 1874. Built with slate roof from green

squared rubble stone Rubble stone is rough, uneven building stone not laid in regular courses. It may fill the core of a wall which is faced with unit masonry such as brick or ashlar. Analogously, some medieval cathedral walls are outer shells of ashlar with an inn ...

dressed with limestone, it consists of a porch, nave, chancel, and vestry with a

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tower. Its predecessor was 15th century. Some of the fittings from the earlier church survive, mostly from the 18th century. St Garmon's was not an important ecclesiastical centre, being classed as a chapel in 1254.

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External links

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