Calchfynydd
Obscure Britonnic kingdom known only from Cadrawd Calchfynydd.
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Calchfynydd was an obscure Britonnic kingdom or sub-kingdom of sub-Roman Britain, known almost solely from the epithet of Cadrawd Calchfynydd, a 6th-century ruler. Its name, meaning 'lime mountain' in Welsh, suggests a location in one of Great Britain's Chalk Groups, but its exact location remains uncertain.
Quick Facts
- Name meaning
- lime mountain (Welsh calch + mynydd)
- Ruler
- Cadrawd Calchfynydd
- Ruler's century
- 6th
- Associated group
- Gwyr y Gogledd (Men of the North)
- Proposed locations
- Kelso (southern Scotland), between Trent and Thames, Dunstable, Cotswolds
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- Wikipedia: Calchfynydd (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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