Caersws

infobox UK place
country = Wales
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latitude= 52.521458
longitude= -3.422429
official_name= Caersws
population=
unitary_wales= Powys
lieutenancy_wales= Powys
constituency_westminster= Montgomeryshire
post_town= Caersws
postcode_district = SY
postcode_area= SY
dial_code= 01650
os_grid_reference= SO0392
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Caersws is a village and community sitting on the River Severn, at gbmapping|SO0392 some four miles west of Newtown, Powys, (formerly the county of Montgomeryshire).

History & Amenities

The name Caersws means 'fort of Sws'. The prefix is Welsh 'Caer' meaning fort and the village is the location of two Roman forts of Roman Wales. These may be Mediomanum, 'the central fist' of the Ravenna Cosmography, although this is disputed.

Caersws has a railway station on the Cambrian Line from Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury. Caersws also has a League of Wales football side, Caersws F.C..

Llanwnnog Church in the community of Caersws is a single-chambered structure, variously considered to be of 13th century or 15th century date and restored in 1863. It contains the best example of a 15th century or 16th century rood screen and loft in Montgomeryshire, a medieval font bowl and one 17th century memorial. [http://www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/montgom/16403.htm Church of St Gwynnog, Llanwnnog]

External links

* [http://www.caersws-fc.com/ Official Caersws F.C. site]
* [http://www.roman-britain.org/places/caersws.htm Mediomanum]
* [http://www.caerswscup.com/ Caersws Cup Downhill Mountain Bike Race]
* [http://www.gtj.org.uk/search/simpleSearch.php?lang=en&srch=Caersws&pg=1 6 pages of artifacts and documents associated with Caersws and held on Gathering the Jewels the website of Welsh cultural history ]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3123522 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Caersws and surrounding area]

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