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The Llangorse crannog
BBC ^ | Wednesday 28 November 2012 | Phil Carradice

Posted on 04/25/2020 12:13:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Giraldus Cambrensis wrote about the lake in his book about journeying through Wales in the late 12th century, reporting the local tradition that the birds in the area only ever sang for a truly Welsh prince or ruler...

As this 'house on the lake' was one of several royal houses belonging to the rulers of Brycheiniog... The crannog at Llangorse, in effect an artificial island, measures about 40 metres in width and is situated 30 or 40 metres off the northern shore of the lake...

Timbers from the wooden palisade that used to surround the island have been dated to come from between 889 and 993 AD but as several of these pieces of wood had been used on earlier buildings it is hard to be too precise with dates...

The demise of the crannog at Llangorse is a little unclear. Relations between Alfred the Great's English territories and Brycheiniog deteriorated in the wake of Alfred's death and in 916 AD Aethelflaed, the daughter of Alfred, sent an army into the Welsh kingdom. A number of burnt timbers have been found in the crannog and it is possible that the island was attacked and its defenders put to the sword by the English army.

Certainly the crannog was never rebuilt by Twedwr ap Elisedd, the ruler of Brycheiniog at the time, and in due course Brycheiniog became part of the kingdom of Deheubarth. What is left is an amazing archaeological site, the only known crannog to have yet been discovered in Wales.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aethelflaed; alfredthegreat; brycheiniog; crannog; deheubarth; giralduscambrensis; godsgravesglyphs; llangorse; middleages; renaissance; twedwrapelisedd; wales
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1 posted on 04/25/2020 12:13:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: 240B; 75thOVI; Adder; albertp; asgardshill; At the Window; bitt; blu; BradyLS; cajungirl; ...
I set up this file on the 20th, a couple of days after the last Digest, and we've had eleven topics already. Not bad. Here are the other GGG topics introduced since the previous Digest ping:

2 posted on 04/25/2020 12:20:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Michael Wood - In Search of: Alfred the Great

Michael Wood - In Search of: Alfred the Great

3 posted on 04/25/2020 12:24:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Interesting


4 posted on 04/25/2020 12:33:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Æthelflæd is a real babe in The Last Kingdom - if you like your hot warrior babes.

She and Uhtred always have each other's backs, though they're not romantically involved.

"My name is Uhtred, son of Uhtred. I was born an ealdorman of Northumbria, the rightful heir to Bebbanburg. But fate decreed I would be raised as a Dane. That was my life... Until my family was murdered."

https://the-last-kingdom.fandom.com/wiki/The_Saxon_Tales

5 posted on 04/25/2020 1:04:16 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: kiryandil

In the book series by Bernard Cornwell, Aethelfled and Uhtred do become romantically involved after her jerk of a husband dies-and they remain lovers until her death-I just ordered the latest book in the series-hope it is as good a read as all the others have been...


6 posted on 04/25/2020 1:46:25 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys-you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: kiryandil
:^) She's my aunt about 35 generations back. :^)

7 posted on 04/25/2020 1:51:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I do love TIMELINE. I have probably seen them all!


8 posted on 04/25/2020 2:04:34 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: BenLurkin
I agree. :^) What happened was, that TT episode was on deck on the other computer, and I finally clicked play. I haven't watched the Michael Wood thing yet, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Wood regards Alfred as the greatest ever Englishman (and he does so in agreement with Churchill), and discusses that a bit in that video I linked, uh, where did it go... Here.

9 posted on 04/25/2020 2:08:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Texan5
Great news!

You watch the TeeVee series The Last Kingdom? It's pretty good.

10 posted on 04/25/2020 2:31:24 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: SunkenCiv
 face 

with tears of joy  face 

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with tears of joy
11 posted on 04/25/2020 2:31:52 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: kiryandil

I watch it when BBCA has it on-they are usually a few months behind streaming service-I think it follows the books very well, so far-the Brits are much better with historical facts in their productions than Hollyweird is-watching a historical series made in America by an American studio is just watching pure fiction-a lot of the historical series on BBCA and History Channel are shot in Canada for the most part-Vikings is one that is...


12 posted on 04/25/2020 2:46:37 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys-you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: kiryandil
I'm still fumin' that not one dime of the royal purse made it down this far.

13 posted on 04/25/2020 2:46:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv; PistolPaknMama
I do love TIMELINE. I have probably seen them all!

I love Timeline and Time Team too and I think I’ve watched every Time Team episode at least two or three times, or more. I find Phil Harding strangely sexy. Or someone I’d really like to share a pint with at a pub after going on a long field walk : ),

14 posted on 04/25/2020 3:03:26 PM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: Texan5
I thought that I'd read some Cornwell books long ago, but I've not read this series.

Looks like a to-do.

Just noticed that he wrote the Sharpe series.

15 posted on 04/25/2020 3:36:11 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: MD Expat in PA; PistolPaknMama

You’ll enjoy this the most from about the 24 minute mark then:

Walking through History The Path to Stonehenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WjggPXp-qo


16 posted on 04/25/2020 4:04:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Perhaps some day we can eat a Leek together...
When St. David’s day comes again.


17 posted on 04/25/2020 4:15:18 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: MD Expat in PA

For me, I love Waldemar Januszczak. He has a sort of whimsical way of presenting, although I love them all!


18 posted on 04/25/2020 4:16:02 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: SunkenCiv

***the island was attacked and its defenders put to the sword by the English army***

There was an 'English army's in the tenth century? What happened to Arthur and the Britons?

19 posted on 04/25/2020 7:29:53 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: Bob Ireland
:^) By the 10th c, 'Arthur' had been dead for centuries.

20 posted on 04/25/2020 7:42:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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