Pengwern

Pengwern is the name of Britannic royal residence of post-Roman period in the Welsh Principality of Powys. The place was on the Wales-England border area in the English county of Shropshire (Welsh Gwyrchwynau ), which was part of Powys earlier. Pengwern, the legends known as the seat of the kings of Powys before this Mathrafal was further to the west. The precise location and the date of the founding of Pengwern have not yet succeeded.

History and Mythology

Pengwern is the seat of the kings of Powys, or as a seat of a sub- king in the early Middle Ages called ( Llys Pengwern, " the court of Pengwern "). The old Powys, of greater extent than the later kingdom is likely with the territory of the tribe of Cornovii ( beads ) coincide, the (now Wroxeter in Shropshire ) had their capital in Viroconium Cornoviorum.

In the collection of poems Canu Heledd ( " Heledds singing " ), probably from the 7th century, the Heledd ferch Cyndrwyn, the sister of King Cynddylan ap Cyndrwyn be attributed Pengwern, the place is the seat of the king. After his death, probably in the Battle of Maser Field (Welsh Maes Cogwy ) on August 5, 642 she mourns the death of her brother and the decline of his castle. The poem Stafell Cynddylan is tywyll beno ( " The hall Cynddylans is dark tonight " ) is the focal point of this cycle.

Localization

Since there are still some places called Pengwern in this area today, the exact localization of the princely seat is difficult. So there is a hamlet of that name, which lies in the district of Bodelwyddan ( Denbighshire ). When Giraldus Cambrensis in the 12th century, today's Shrewsbury is mentioned as a possible location, although this city carries the Welsh name Amwythig since the Middle Ages. Also, The Berth, a hill fortress at Baschurch, the already mentioned Wroxeter, the Cornovii - capital, and the earthworks of Whittington Castle, all in Shropshire, are also suspected as Pengwern.

Even today carry a boat club in Shropshire ( Pengwern Boat Club ) on Severn, several shops and commercial establishments the name Pengwern.