Bardsey
Island
This little island off the North Welsh Coast was the site of a 6th
century monastery.
Cadbury
Castle
A huge Iron Age hillfort in Somerset re-fortified in the 6th C.
complete with gateways & great hall.
Caerleon
A Welsh Roman fortress with strong Dark Age associations. Was it a
civilian or ecclesiastical settlement?
Caerwent
- the Town
Another Roman town in Wales, definitely inhabited into the 7th C.
Kings and priests both in evidence.
Caerwent
- St. Stephen's Church
The Monastery of St. Tathyw amongst the ruins of Rome. It was
given him by King Caradog of Gwent.
Caldey
Abbey
6th century island home of St. Samson, complete with medieval
monastic buildings & Dark Age inscribed stone.
Catterick
Late 6th battle between the british of Lothian and the Angles of
Deira, recorded in Aneirin's epic porm, Y Gododdin.
Deganwy
Castle
Dark Age strong of King Maelgwn revealed by archaeological
investigation in the 60s.
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Dinas
Emrys
5th & 6th C. fortified hilltop in Snowdonia, the traditional
home of King Vortigern.
Glastonbury
An island in the marshes of Dark Age Somerset, with both Pagan
& Christian connections.
Glastonbury
Tor
Dark Age fortified hilltop in the Somerset Levels. Palace or
monastery?
Hentland
Church
The 'Old Church'. St. Dyfrig's home in Herefordshire. Site
of a 6th century monastery.
Killbury
Small fortress in the wilds of Cornwall, occupied in the 5th &
6th centuries.
Llangadwaladr
Church
Little known home of the amazing 'Cadfan Stone'. Royal Mausoleum
of the Kings of Gwynedd.
Llancarfan
Church
The famous Glamorgan seat of learning founded by St. Cadog in the
early 6th century.
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Llanilltud
Fawr Church
The Collegiate Church of St. Illtud, supreme amongst the schools
of Britain. Burial-place of Kings.
Nether
Wallop
Probable site of Ambrosius' battle against King Vortigern, in a
Hampshire river valley.
St.
Davids Cathedral
Founded by St. David, it may have been the centre of an
archiepiscopal see.
Tintagel
Castle
Dark Age Winter Palace of the Kings of Dumnonia. Feasting &
famous inscriptions.
York
- St. Helen's Church
Legendary Chapel of the Roman Empress, St. Helen. Used by the
devout throughout the Dark Ages.
York
- St. Sampson's Church
Possible Cathedral of Ambrosius' Archbishop, St. Sampson: Built
into the city walls at York.
Arthurian
Associations
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