This section explores all
sites that are somehow connected with the diverse
reports of him crossing the country, 'building a
city', in which he later met a fiery death.
Most
of these 'Cities', or Caers as they are
called in Welsh, are situated in Wales. However,
the group is far from homogeneous, ranging from
the classic Iron Age forts to Roman forts as well
as Medieval castles.
The
picture shows the symbol for the fort of Dubris
(modern Dover) as depicted in the Notitia
Dignitatum. Dubris is one of the cities and
forts depicted on the insignia of the Comes
Litoris Saxonici (the Count of the 'Saxon
Shore'), which shows several under his
command. The Notitia Dignitatum was a
Late Roman list of military commands and civic
offices in the Roman Empire, probably from around
400-425. British Musem MS Canon Misc. 378 folio
153v
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- Bradford-on-Avon or
Wirtgernesburh, Wiltshire.
- Map of Bradford-on-Avon.
- Carn Fadrun, a Caer
Guorthegirn on the Lleyn peninsula,
Gwynedd.
- Map of Carn Fadrun.
- Craig Gwrtheyrn, Arx Guorthigirn
near
Llandysul,
Dyfed.
- Map of Craig
Gwrtheyrn.
- Dinas Emrys, a Caer
Guorthegirn in Arfon, Gwynedd.
- Map of Dinas Emrys.
- Foel Fenlli, a Caer
Guorthegirn in Clwyd, Powys.
- Map of Foel Fenlli.
- Little Doward, a Caer
Guorthegirn near Ganarew on the Wye,
Hereford.
- Maps of Little Doward.
- Old Carlisle, a Caer
Guorthegirn in Cumbria.
- Maps of Old Carlisle.
- Old Sarum, a Caer
Guorthegirn near Salisbury, Wiltshire.
- Map of Old Sarum.
- Rhaeadr Gwy or Castell
Gwerthrynion, Powys.
- Map of Rhaeadr.
- Stonehenge, a Caer
Guorthegirn near Amesbury, Wiltshire.
- Map of Stonehenge.
- Tre'r Ceiri or Castel
Gwrtheyrn on the Lleyn peninsula, Gwynedd.
- Map of Tre'r Ceiri.
- Yr Widdfa/Snowdon, a Caer
Guorthegirn in Arfon, Gwynedd.
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