Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Coed y Bwynydd
Gwehelog Fawr
Llangybi Castle
Monday, April 19, 2010
Newbridge-on-Usk, Ford of Pleadings
In another story in the Vita Cadoci, Arthur and the saint are in dispute over a general named Ligessawc who murdered some of Arthur's men. Finally, a blood-price of a hundred cows is settled for each man and the cattle are driven to the river Usk to be handed over to Cei and Bedwyr. Unfortunately, as the cows are led through the water, they are miraculously transformed into bundles of fern. That, says the Vita, is why the place is called "Tref redinauc, that is fern homestead. Also that ford, about which the pleading took place, is called Rith Guurtebou."
Castell-y-bwch, Henllys
Lodge Hill Fort, Caerleon
Roman Amphitheatre, Caerleon
Spoken about in many historical tales as a site for King Arthur's Round Table, with Caerleon being the Camelot. When the wooden superstructure collapsed over time, it left a large raised mound, so it was easy to see why it was taken to be the Round Table.
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