Caergwrle (Welsh pronunciation) is a village in the county of Flintshire, in north east Wales. Approximately 5–6 miles (8.0–9.7 km) from Wrexham and situated on the A541 road, it is contiguous with the villages of Abermorddu and Hope, though in parts Caergwrle and Hope are separated by a river border. The village lies on the River Alyn and sits at the base of Hope Mountain. At the 2001 Census, the population was 1,650.[1] The population was subsequently absorbed in the community of Hope and only the electoral ward remained. The population of this ward as taken at the 2011 census was 1,619.[2] The ward includes the area of Abermorddu. Further south is the village of Cefn-y-Bedd.
The 13th-century, ruined Caergwrle Castle was first built by Tywysog (Prince) Dafydd ap Gruffydd, in lands agreed with Edward I of England during his invasion of Wales in 1277. Dafydd, in agreeing not to resist the invasion, had extensive improvements made to his castle at Edward's expense. In 1282 however, Dafydd bought his time and raised the banner of revolt, marching on Hawarden Castle controlled by Edward's invaders. Dafydd and his men seized the castle. Dafydd's brother, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd the Prince of Wales, was then drawn into what became the Welsh Wars of Independence. When Llywelyn was beheaded by one of Edward's mercenaries in 1282, Dafydd ap Gruffydd then became Prince of Wales from 11 December 1282 until his execution on 3 October 1283 by King Edward I of England. He was the last independent ruler of Wales until Owain Glyndwr's uprising in the 15th Century.
The village originally had the English placename of Corley, but with the addition of the Welsh placename epithet "Caer", meaning "fortress", the name gradually took on Welsh characteristics. To explain the name, a myth developed of a giant named Gwrle, who was supposed to have lived in the castle and been buried in the nearby Neolithicburial mound at Cefn-y-bedd.[3][4]
The 17th-century Packhorse Bridge, which is reputed to be haunted,[5] was nearly destroyed by flooding in 2000, though it has since been restored. There have been many other developments and restorations in Caergwrle.
Caergwrle is also home to a Welsh International football player George Alfred Godding who played from 17 March 1923 to 14 April 1923 with two caps for Wales.
Caergwrle's long association with the adjacent village of Hope has given rise to a well-known local joke: "Live in Hope, die in Caergwrle".[6] This was already described as an "old saying" in the 19th century, when it was recorded by the antiquarian John Askew Roberts.[7]
There are two pubs in Caergwrle, the Crown Inn and Ye Old Castle Inn. These pubs have their own pool and darts teams. The Bridge Inn, formerly a pub and a fully licensed Chinese restaurant, latterly renamed to Po Po Pang, a fully licensed Malaysian/Chinese restaurant, has closed as a daily business but opens for private bookings. Honey's Bakery to the rear of Po Po Pang is a café which is open daily. The Darby Arms and Half Way Inn have been closed for some years and are now private residences. The Glynn Arms became a Nursing Home many years ago.
The Caergwrle Bowl is a unique object dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1300 BC, originally manufactured from shale, tin and gold. It is thought to represent a boat, with its applied gold decoration signifying oars and waves, and either sun discs or circular shields.[9] Some researchers have suggested that the Caergwrle Bowl represents a mythological solar boat.[10] Similarities have been noted with the contemporary miniature gold boats from Nors in Denmark, and with the later Broighter gold boat from Ireland.[11][12] The Caergwrle bowl has also been related to the earlier Nebra sky disc from Germany, which is thought to depict a solar boat.[13]Gold lunulae from the Early Bronze Age Beaker culture, including examples from Wales, have also been interpreted as representations of solar boats.[14][15] The gold cape from Mold, which dates from the same period as the Nebra sky disc, was found near to Caergwrle.[16]
The incomplete bowl was found in 1823 by a workman digging a drain in a field below Caergwrle Castle. It was donated to the National Museum Wales in 1912, and sent to the British Museum for restoration where it was originally reconstructed from wax with the decoration attached by an adhesive. Since then the bowl has been rebuilt again as the first conservation failed to be stable.[17]
References
^2001 Census: Caergwrle, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 2 July 2008
^Meller, Harald (2022). The World of the Nebra Sky Disc: The Caergwrle Ship. Halle State Museum of Prehistory.
^Meller, Harald (2022). The World of the Nebra Sky Disc: The Nors Boats. Halle State Museum of Prehistory.
^Denford, G.T.; Farrell, A.W. (1980). "The Caergwrle Bowl—A possible prehistoric boat model". The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 9 (3): 183–192. doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.1980.tb01296.x. Analogies exist between the concentric circles [on the Caergwrle bowl] and a large body of finds referred to in the literature as sun discs. Butler (1963) refers to "the golden sun disc, symbol of a Bronze Age cult or religion common to the British Isles, northern Europe and wider areas as well". … the concentric circles or 'solar discs' on the Nors Boats must be mentioned here. … Numerous recorded examples exist of sun symbols associated with boats in Scandinavian rock art. The Danish rock-carvings have been dated to the Early Bronze Age and the first period of the Late Bronze Age and so tie in with our dating evidence for the Caergwrle Bowl. This frequent association of sun symbols with boats favours an interpretation of the bowl as a boat model. ... The oval form of the bowl is its most boatlike feature. We know of no other Bronze Age pottery to parallel this. The closest parallel is the Broighter Boat, a gold boat model found at Broighter, Co. Derry, Ireland
^Meller, Harald (2021). "The Nebra Sky Disc – astronomy and time determination as a source of power". Time is power. Who makes time?: 13th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany. Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle (Saale). ISBN978-3-948618-22-3. The celestial ship, which transports or is associated with the sun, finds its earliest known representation in Central Europe on the Nebra sky disc, before appearing sporadically in Northern Europe from around 1600 BC and then being attested in numerous examples in Northern and Central Europe until the late Bronze Age. This is particularly impressively illustrated by the more than one hundred golden boats from Nors, in the region of Nordjylland (Denmark), on some of which the golden solar disc is found in the form of concentric circles. The ship from Caergwrle, Flintshire County (Wales), already discovered in 1823, also bears concentric circles below the railing, which can be interpreted as shields or solar symbols. (Translated from German)
^Cahill, Mary (Spring 2015). "'Here comes the sun....: solar symbolism in Early Bronze Age Ireland'". Archaeology Ireland. 29 (1): 26–33.
^"Early Bronze Age gold lunula". National Museum Wales.
^Meller, Harald (2022). The World of the Nebra Sky Disc: The Mold Cape. Halle State Museum of Prehistory.
^Davis, Mary "Re-conserving the Caergwrle Bowl 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine" Museum Wales Website Retrieved on 17 February 2010
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For the horse see Caergwrle horse Caergwrle Welsh pronunciation is a village in the county of Flintshire in north east Wales Approximately 5 6 miles 8 0 9 7 km from Wrexham and situated on the A541 road it is contiguous with the villages of Abermorddu and Hope though in parts Caergwrle and Hope are separated by a river border The village lies on the River Alyn and sits at the base of Hope Mountain At the 2001 Census the population was 1 650 1 The population was subsequently absorbed in the community of Hope and only the electoral ward remained The population of this ward as taken at the 2011 census was 1 619 2 The ward includes the area of Abermorddu Further south is the village of Cefn y Bedd CaergwrleThe River Alyn in CaergwrleCaergwrleLocation within FlintshirePopulation1 619 Ward 2011 OS grid referenceSJ303575Principal areaFlintshireCeremonial countyClwydCountryWalesSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWREXHAMPostcode districtLL12Dialling code01978PoliceNorth WalesFireNorth WalesAmbulanceWelshUK ParliamentAlyn and DeesideDelynSenedd Cymru Welsh ParliamentAlyn and DeesideDelynList of places UK Wales Flintshire 53 06 37 N 3 02 26 W 53 1102 N 3 0406 W 53 1102 3 0406 Coordinates 53 06 37 N 3 02 26 W 53 1102 N 3 0406 W 53 1102 3 0406 Contents 1 History 2 Transport 2 1 Rail 2 2 Bus 3 Food and drink in Caergwrle 4 The Caergwrle Bowl 5 References 6 External linksHistory Edit Caergwrle Castle The 13th century ruined Caergwrle Castle was first built by Tywysog Prince Dafydd ap Gruffydd in lands agreed with Edward I of England during his invasion of Wales in 1277 Dafydd in agreeing not to resist the invasion had extensive improvements made to his castle at Edward s expense In 1282 however Dafydd bought his time and raised the banner of revolt marching on Hawarden Castle controlled by Edward s invaders Dafydd and his men seized the castle Dafydd s brother Llywelyn ap Gruffydd the Prince of Wales was then drawn into what became the Welsh Wars of Independence When Llywelyn was beheaded by one of Edward s mercenaries in 1282 Dafydd ap Gruffydd then became Prince of Wales from 11 December 1282 until his execution on 3 October 1283 by King Edward I of England He was the last independent ruler of Wales until Owain Glyndwr s uprising in the 15th Century The village originally had the English placename of Corley but with the addition of the Welsh placename epithet Caer meaning fortress the name gradually took on Welsh characteristics To explain the name a myth developed of a giant named Gwrle who was supposed to have lived in the castle and been buried in the nearby Neolithic burial mound at Cefn y bedd 3 4 The 17th century Packhorse Bridge which is reputed to be haunted 5 was nearly destroyed by flooding in 2000 though it has since been restored There have been many other developments and restorations in Caergwrle Caergwrle is also home to a Welsh International football player George Alfred Godding who played from 17 March 1923 to 14 April 1923 with two caps for Wales Caergwrle s long association with the adjacent village of Hope has given rise to a well known local joke Live in Hope die in Caergwrle 6 This was already described as an old saying in the 19th century when it was recorded by the antiquarian John Askew Roberts 7 Transport EditRail Edit The service from Wrexham Central to Bidston passes through Caergwrle railway station Bidston provides a connection to Liverpool via the Wirral Line Caergwrle railway station is managed by Transport for Wales as of Autumn 2018 Bus Edit Caergwrle has bus links giving access to Mold Broughton Wrexham and Chester Food and drink in Caergwrle EditThere are two pubs in Caergwrle the Crown Inn and Ye Old Castle Inn These pubs have their own pool and darts teams The Bridge Inn formerly a pub and a fully licensed Chinese restaurant latterly renamed to Po Po Pang a fully licensed Malaysian Chinese restaurant has closed as a daily business but opens for private bookings Honey s Bakery to the rear of Po Po Pang is a cafe which is open daily The Darby Arms and Half Way Inn have been closed for some years and are now private residences The Glynn Arms became a Nursing Home many years ago The Caergwrle Bowl EditMain article Caergwrle Bowl The Caergwrle Bowl 8 The Caergwrle Bowl is a unique object dating to the Middle Bronze Age c 1300 BC originally manufactured from shale tin and gold It is thought to represent a boat with its applied gold decoration signifying oars and waves and either sun discs or circular shields 9 Some researchers have suggested that the Caergwrle Bowl represents a mythological solar boat 10 Similarities have been noted with the contemporary miniature gold boats from Nors in Denmark and with the later Broighter gold boat from Ireland 11 12 The Caergwrle bowl has also been related to the earlier Nebra sky disc from Germany which is thought to depict a solar boat 13 Gold lunulae from the Early Bronze Age Beaker culture including examples from Wales have also been interpreted as representations of solar boats 14 15 The gold cape from Mold which dates from the same period as the Nebra sky disc was found near to Caergwrle 16 The incomplete bowl was found in 1823 by a workman digging a drain in a field below Caergwrle Castle It was donated to the National Museum Wales in 1912 and sent to the British Museum for restoration where it was originally reconstructed from wax with the decoration attached by an adhesive Since then the bowl has been rebuilt again as the first conservation failed to be stable 17 References Edit 2001 Census Caergwrle Office for National Statistics retrieved 2 July 2008 Ward population 2011 Retrieved 25 May 2015 Hywel Wyn Owen 1998 The Place Names of Wales ISBN 0 7083 1458 9 Stephen Rule via Megalithic Portal Cefn y bedd Burial Chamber Ghost caught on Packhorse Bridge BBC 30 July 2009 Retrieved 2 July 2020 The AA touring guide to Wales Automobile Association 1975 p 205 Roberts J A 1883 Gossiping Guide to Wales Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent amp Co p 66 Caergwrle Bowl National Museum Wales Caergwrle Bowl National Museum Wales Meller Harald 2022 The World of the Nebra Sky Disc The Caergwrle Ship Halle State Museum of Prehistory Meller Harald 2022 The World of the Nebra Sky Disc The Nors Boats Halle State Museum of Prehistory Denford G T Farrell A W 1980 The Caergwrle Bowl A possible prehistoric boat model The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 9 3 183 192 doi 10 1111 j 1095 9270 1980 tb01296 x Analogies exist between the concentric circles on the Caergwrle bowl and a large body of finds referred to in the literature as sun discs Butler 1963 refers to the golden sun disc symbol of a Bronze Age cult or religion common to the British Isles northern Europe and wider areas as well the concentric circles or solar discs on the Nors Boats must be mentioned here Numerous recorded examples exist of sun symbols associated with boats in Scandinavian rock art The Danish rock carvings have been dated to the Early Bronze Age and the first period of the Late Bronze Age and so tie in with our dating evidence for the Caergwrle Bowl This frequent association of sun symbols with boats favours an interpretation of the bowl as a boat model The oval form of the bowl is its most boatlike feature We know of no other Bronze Age pottery to parallel this The closest parallel is the Broighter Boat a gold boat model found at Broighter Co Derry Ireland Meller Harald 2021 The Nebra Sky Disc astronomy and time determination as a source of power Time is power Who makes time 13th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany Landesmuseum fur Vorgeschichte Halle Saale ISBN 978 3 948618 22 3 The celestial ship which transports or is associated with the sun finds its earliest known representation in Central Europe on the Nebra sky disc before appearing sporadically in Northern Europe from around 1600 BC and then being attested in numerous examples in Northern and Central Europe until the late Bronze Age This is particularly impressively illustrated by the more than one hundred golden boats from Nors in the region of Nordjylland Denmark on some of which the golden solar disc is found in the form of concentric circles The ship from Caergwrle Flintshire County Wales already discovered in 1823 also bears concentric circles below the railing which can be interpreted as shields or solar symbols Translated from German Cahill Mary Spring 2015 Here comes the sun solar symbolism in Early Bronze Age Ireland Archaeology Ireland 29 1 26 33 Early Bronze Age gold lunula National Museum Wales Meller Harald 2022 The World of the Nebra Sky Disc The Mold Cape Halle State Museum of Prehistory Davis Mary Re conserving the Caergwrle Bowl Archived 2012 03 06 at the Wayback Machine Museum Wales Website Retrieved on 17 February 2010External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caergwrle Castell Alun High School Photos of Caergwrle and surrounding area on geograph org uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia 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