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  • Then the use of the name Caer lwtgoed has been further embroiled with the Harleain MS 3859 pedigree of Glastenning due to the line

    Chester in the seventh century: the fortress defences Carla 2009

  • Now the Welsh form of the word, even as given us in the very ancient Latin Welsh tract ascribed to Nennius, is 'Caer' or 'Kair;' and there is every reason to believe that the Celtic _cathir_ or the Latin

    Science in Arcady Grant Allen 1873

  • The former word being rendered into Welsh by Caer, meaning city, and the latter contracted into lleon.

    The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831

  • The former word being rendered into Welsh by Caer, meaning city, and the latter contracted into lleon.

    The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch 1831

  • "Not so, but not far distant -- at a place by the mouth of the river called Caer Gyffin [158].

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • The sacred objects of the cult, the Jewels of Shanga, date back reputedly to "a half a million years ago" (14) when the priests of Caer Dhu carved them by a science now lost.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • He and three friends, Richard, Sally and Penny had entered a fantasy world called Vidblain, "and broke the Black Mirror of the Winter King, and restored Prince Hal to his throne at Caer Pendewen".

    At Long Last -- One Bright Star To Guide Them!!! arhyalon 2009

  • In Brackett's story, a Martian named Kor Hal tells protagonist Burk Winters that, despite having inaugurated Shanga as an escape from war and violence, the people of Caer Dhu quickly "perished" and "in one generation ... vanished from the face of Mars."

    Archive 2010-03-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • As far as I know Carwannock has not been identified, but the first element ‘Car’ is the Brittonic ‘Caer’, meaning a fort.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Carla 2010

  • Nearby Carwinley, which stands on the Liddel Water not far from the site of the Roman fort at Netherby, has been suggested to derive from a name something like ‘Caer Gwenddolau’; if correct, this derivation is further support for locating Arderydd somewhere in this approximate area.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Carla 2010

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