Castle Caereinion

Castle Caereinion
  • Welsh: Castell Caereinion
Castle Caereinion is located in Powys
Castle Caereinion
Castle Caereinion
Location within Powys
Population592 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ163055
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWELSHPOOL
Postcode districtSY21
Dialling code01938
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
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52°38′40″N 3°14′30″W / 52.644502°N 3.241712°W / 52.644502; -3.241712

Castle Caereinion (Welsh: Castell Caereinion) is a small village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, upon the River Banwy, around 8 miles west of Welshpool, and 4 miles east of Llanfair Caereinion.

Tŷ Mawr, Castle Caereinion
St Garmon Church, Castle Caereinion

In 2011 the ward had a population of 1810.[1] The community had a population of 592.[2] Castle Caereinion railway station is on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway.[3] The community includes the hamlet of Cyfronydd.

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). The most recent view is that the mound does not appear motte-like and a survey in 2002 failed to find a surrounding ditch.[4]

Tŷ Mawr, a listed Grade I timber-framed house, is in Trefnant within the parish of Castle Caereinion, this house represents an important surviving medieval hall house built for gentry, which dendrochronological evidence suggests was built around 1490, The house was restored in 1997–1998 and is again being used as a home.[5]

  1. ^ 2011 Census Key Statistics Llanfair Caereinion 2011 Census Ward. Powys County Council. February 2012.
  2. ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ^ Rushton, Gordon (2015). The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Travellers's Guide Llanfair Caereinion. Welshpool & Llanfair Railway.
  4. ^ "Castle Caereinion - Historic settlement survey" (PDF). CPAT.
  5. ^ "Ty-mawr Hall House, Castle Caereinion (21452)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021.