Gwernyfed High School

The site that Gwernyfed High School is built upon is exceptionally rich in history and can be traced back to earthworks that have been dated back to the Iron Age. During the Dark Ages this site was held by a Welsh Prince who had fought at the Battle of Crecy in 1346. He fought on the side of Edward III and his son The Black Prince and withstood the repeated assaults of their French enemy. The Welsh Prince named Einion Sais and the coat of arms that he wore on his shield was ‘argent, three cocks, gules’ which means that the three cocks birds were depicted red on a silver shield. Where Einion Sais lived is lost in the mist of history but we do know that in 1600 David Williams brought Gwernyfed from John Gunter.