Pil (placename)
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Pîl is a Welsh placename element. The name is defined as the tidal reach of a waterway, suitable as a harbour, and is common along the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary. The highly localised distribu
Newport in Monmouthshire (1813) by Edward Pugh, showing the castle, bridge and ships docked at Arthur's Pîl (or Town Pîl) beyond.
A sketch of Pennard Castle in 1741, showing numerous ships in Pennard pill.
St. Pierre Pill was the site of a much larger harbour associated with legends of St Tewdric. It remains in use today as the Chepstow and District Yacht Club.
Pembroke Castle June 2011
Gwynllyw
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Gwynllyw Filwr or Gwynllyw Farfog, known in English in a corrupted form as Woolos the Warrior or Woolos the Bearded was a Welsh king and religious figure.
Pil (placename)
…Norman castle further south. The city of Newport would develop around a number of Pîls, such as Gwynllyw's Pîl (said to have been the base of piracy by Gwynllyw, the future patron saint of Newport and Newport Cathedral), Arthur's Pîl (or Town Pîl), the site of the 2002 archaeological discovery of the Newport…
Drawing of a statue of Gwynllyw (Welsh Portrait Collection)
The Vision of Saint Gwynllyw by Sebastien Boyesen