NAR SH23SE12

1. Site of former chapel of ease demolished in 18th century. Marked now by platform and enclosure.
1993/RCAHMW/1-4

2. Chapel of ease, attested possibly from the 13th, definitely from the 15th-16th century, dedicated to St Ynyr, demolished towards the end of the 18th century: the field name - Caeau Capel, is of uncertain provenance: the monument comprises an oval enclosure, about 44m north-south by 32m, defined by scarps, about 1.0m high, set upon a spur, the ground falling away to the south-west & north-west; a platform, about 15m in length, at the N end of the enclosure is thought to have represented the chapel site.

Cropmarks of an outer ditched circuit are apparent on the north, with a possible approachway leading northwards, set within a considerable area of cropmarks, thought to represent relict field enclosure & settlement features.

Sources: RCAHMW 1964 Caernarvon. III, 59 No.1612;
Ward & Smith 2001 (Stud. Celt. 35), 1-87 [11-12, figs 2.12 & 5].

RCAHMW A965120/47-8

J.Wiles 21.11.03

Commenting as part of the crowd-sourcing project Crwydro in 2014, Tim Jones observed: 'Yn ol Y parch j.daniel "Archaelogia Lleynensis" mae ystyr ?Gwerthyr? yw `amddiffynfa?, a mae o?n ystyried na dyma be oedd yna cynt?..sylwadau?' [According to the Revd J. Daniel 'Archaelogia Lleynensis' the meaning of Gwerthyr' is 'a place of defence', and he suggests that this is not what was there before ... ideas?] He also noted that by all accounts, stones from the chapel were used to build the nearby homestead Ceirchfryn. ('Ceirchfryn ger safle Capel Gwerthyr??defnyddwyd cerrig y capel I adeiladu y tyddyn hwn yn ol bob son')

(Source: Crwydro 04.08.2014 and 05.08.2014)