Wales and its History

Moel Hebog shield held in the British Museum, London, England The late Bronze Age shield was found in a bog near Moel Hebog mountain in 1784, near Beddgelert. It is now in the British Museum, It dates from 1300–1000 BC. Red Book of Hergest held in Jesus College of Oxford University large vellum manuscript written shortly after 1382, which ranks as one of the most important medieval manuscripts written in the Welsh language Presented in 1701 to Jesus College, Oxford, by a Rev. T. Wilkins, of Llanbleithain, Glamorgan in Wales. It is best known as the source of the Mabinogion, as well as having much of its poetry reproduced in The Four Ancient Books of Wales., Mold Gold Cape British Museum, London A ceremonial cape of solid sheet-gold from  about 1900–1600 BCE . It was found at Bryn yr Ellyllon burial mound near Mold, Flintshire in 1833 The cape is thought to have formed part of a ceremonial dress, perhaps with religious connections. It is now in the British Museum in London, whe...

I live in what was strathclyde. right in the middle of it in fact :) 90% of the people have no idea what im on about when i talk of the Britons that lived here speaking what turned into welsh. There are some extremely strong links between this area and Cymru. including cunedda come from what is now Clackmannanshire in scotland. some claim him as the father of Gwynedd and the Welsh nation. Cunedda and his forebears led the Votadini against Pictish and Irish incursions south of Hadrian's Wall. Sometime after this, the Votadini troops under Cunedda relocated to North Wales to defend the region from Irish invasion. Cunedda established himself in Wales, in the territory of the Venedoti, which would become the centre of the kingdom of Gwynedd. He was the first King of the welsh and founder of the royal dynasty of Gwynedd which lasted nearly 1000 years and was the most powerful in the whole of Wales. The leader of Gwynedd was often called the king of the Britons. ............