https://freerepublic.com/tag/carmarthenshire/ en-us Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:21:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3950154/posts "... both Irish and Welsh sources portrayed it as a tribal migration of the Irish Dessi or Deisi headed by their own king and, from the Irish viewpoint, a suitable 'expulsion' saga was adduced. The direct line of Irish rulers of Welsh Dyfed went on into the 7th and 8th centuries. An interesting mix arose; by 400 Irish and British were fully differing languages, and additionally Christians from both nations used different scripts (Latin and Ogham) for their memorials. Irish never replaced British in Wales the way it did in Scotland, but relative numerical strengths do not necessarily explain why;... IslandGuide.co.uk https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3950154/posts#comment Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:21:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581211/posts CARMARTHENSHIRE CAIRN REVEALS LINKS WITH BRONZE AGE SCOTLAND by Roz Tappenden 17/02/2006 The excavation took place in 2004. © Cambria Archaeology New research on an excavated Bronze Age burial mound in south Wales has revealed links to funeral sites as far away as the Orkney Islands. The burial mound on the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire was unearthed by Cambria Archaeology in 2004 after it was feared that the weather and visitors to the area were causing permanent damage to the site. Fan Foel from Llanddeusant. © Cambria Archaeology Archaeologists discovered a large rectangular stone cist at the centre of the... 24hourmuseum https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581211/posts#comment Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:23:12 GMT