The old lantern, now sadly missing.
Aerial view showing outline of the Roman fort
Roman fort Canovium
Snowdrops
Looking towards Pen y Gaer and Pen y Gadair
Caerhun Church
Update November 2023
Sat 9th November 2024 Caerhun Church Coffee Morning at Rowen Memorial Hall.
St. Mary’s Church, Caerhun is our parish church.
The churchyard is open to visitors.
The church is open daily from March to October, and on fine days and holidays between October and March. Regular services every Sunday at 11am. All welcome.
Weekly Reflection from Bro Celynnin updated 8am Saturday.
Please use the contact form on the website caruconwy.com if you would like to send in a prayer request, or ask for a phone call with one of the clergy/ministry team, if a listening ear would be helpful.
See the notice in the lych gate, or visit the Bro Celynnin St. Mary’s Church, Caerhun website.
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The Grade One listed early medieval Caerhun Church is one of the architectural and historic gems of the Conwy Valley. It was built on the site of the Roman fort Canovium, and you can still see signs of the fort.
The churchyard is popular with birdwatchers looking for elusive hawfinches. Red kites can also be seen here. There are fine views of the Afon Conwy and the Carneddau mountains.
A new composting toilet has been installed in the old bier building. See Natsol website. Available for use during services and events.
Directions:
½ mile south of Ty’n y Groes, off B5106. Just south of the entrance to Caer Rhun Hall LL32 8UZ turn left, or right if coming from Dolgarrog, signposted 13th Century Church. Narrow lane down to a small car park.
Wildflowers, April 2019
Aerial view of Caerhun Church, July 2018. Many thanks to Mark Walters and Caru Conwy.
The picture shows the Canovium fort interior including the internal roads (wider brown lines) and buildings (thin rectangles and squares). The main defensive rampart surrounds all of these features.
Outside the fort to the north the wide brown line of the Roman road heading north can be seen, and alongside this are the mostly rectangular external settlement buildings. Down by the river, all of the rooms of the bath house can be seen.
More pictures, February 2019…
