Narberth

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Narberth
Welsh Arberth
Town center
Town center
Coordinates 51 ° 48 ′  N , 4 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′  N , 4 ° 45 ′  W
OS National Grid SN110147
Narberth (Wales)
Narberth
Narberth
Residents 2150
administration
Post town NARBERTH
ZIP code section SA67
prefix 01834
Part of the country Wales
Preserved County Dyfed
Unitary authority Pembrokeshire
British Parliament Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Welsh Parliament Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

Narberth ( Welsh Arberth) is a small town in Pembrokeshire , Wales . It was founded around a Welsh court but later became a Norman base on the Landsker line and the seat of the Harde Narberth . Narberth is a mile south of the A40 on the A478 and is connected to the railway line to Tenby and Pembroke .

In the town hall is the prison in which the leaders of the Rebecca Riots were imprisoned. The castle ruins of Narberth Castle are also in the village .

River Cleddau at Blackpool Mill near Narberth is the furthest inland point that is still tidal.

mythology

In the story of Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed (Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed), the court of the legendary Prince Pwyll of Dyfed is located in Arberth . Whether it is Narberth is not entirely certain, but most Celtologists assume.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Narberth Community, 2001 Census
  2. ↑ Bernhard Maier : The legend book of the Welsh Celts. The four branches of the Mabinogi . Dtv Munich, April 1999, ISBN 3-423-12628-0 , pp. 9, 117, note 9.3.

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