Caerhun

Caerhun
Welsh: Caerhûn

St Mary's Church
Caerhun
 Caerhun shown within Conwy
Population 1,292 (2011)
OS grid referenceSH774704
CommunityCaerhun
Principal areaConwy
Ceremonial countyClwyd
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town CONWY
Postcode district LL32
Dialling code 01492
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentAberconwy
Welsh AssemblyAberconwy
List of places
UK
Wales
Conwy

Coordinates: 53°13′01″N 3°50′10″W / 53.217°N 3.836°W / 53.217; -3.836

Caerhun (Welsh: Caerhûn) is a scattered rural community, and former civil parish, on the west bank of the River Conwy. It lies to the south of Henryd and the north of Dolgarrog, in Conwy County Borough, Wales, and includes the villages of Llanbedr-y-cennin, Rowen, Tal-y-bont and Ty'n-y-groes. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,200,[1] increasing to 1,292 at the 2011 census.[2]

Features

See also: Canovium

Surrounding the 14th-century parish church of St. Mary are the banks of the Roman fort of Canovium. The excavations of the Roman site were directed by P.K. Baillie Reynolds, of Aberystwyth University, over a period of four summers in the 1920s,[3][4] although there have of course been several other publications since.[4]

The church and its churchyard occupy the north-east quarter of the original Roman site. Canovium was built at an ancient river crossing and was an important post on the Roman road and ancient drovers road via Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen to Abergwyngregyn and the Menai Strait. Latterly the best crossing point, now with a bridge, has been at nearby Tal-y-Cafn. After the end of Roman rule in Britain, the fort was associated with King Rhun Hir of Gwynedd, hence the subsequent name.

The River Conwy viewed from the churchyard at Caerhun

Governance

An electoral ward exists in the same name. This ward stretches to surrounding communities and at the 2011 census had a total population of 2007.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Conwy
  2. ↑ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Baillie Reynolds, P.K. (February 1938). Excavations on the site of the Roman fort of Kanovium at Caerhun, Caernarvonshire: collected reports on the excavations of the years 1926-1929 and on the pottery and other objects found. Kanovium Excavation Committee. Cardiff: William Lewis, Printers. 282 pages. Baillie Reynolds' reports were originally published in Archaeologia
  4. 1 2 "Read a book Visit a Museum: Kanovium Project Book Reviews". Retrieved 2009-10-28.. Page found on Kanovium Project website
  5. ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 21 May 2015.

External links

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