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Goodwick Moor; Battle of Pwllgwdig; Battle of Llanwnda, near Fishguard

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NPRN405188
Map ReferenceSM93NW
Grid ReferenceSM9450037500
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityFishguard and Goodwick
Type Of SiteBATTLE SITE
PeriodEarly Medieval
Description
"Goodwick Moor. Here Rhys, son of Owain ap Edwyn, was defeated and slain in 1074 by Trahaearn ap Caradog (Brut y Tywysogion). The moor is now waterlogged and marshy. Visited, 2nd June 1921." [The 'Brut' gives a date of 1078, see below]
Source: RCAHMW Pembrokeshire Inventory, 1925, ii, no.591.
1078: "And then there was the battle of Pwllgwdig. And then Trahaearn, king of Gwynedd, prevailed. And then all Rhys [ap Owain]'s warband fell." Source: Thomas Jones, The Chronicle of the Princes, 1955, p.29.
"In 1078 Trahaearn of North Wales invaded Dyfed, defeated Rhys [ab Owain] in the battle of Goodwick, not far from Fishguard . . ."
In a footnote the battle is referred to as 'urwydyr Llan wnda' (battle at Llanwnda).
Source: J.E.Lloyd, A History of Wales, vol II, 1912, p.377; p.393 & n.114.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 27 October 2006.