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Welsh History
Welsh history has been traced back to the Ice Age. Several groups – such as the Celtic Britons and the Romans – ruled the part of Britain called Wales. It became a part of the Kingdom of England in the 16th century.
225 Questions
What is the welsh word and pronunciation for dog?
ci, pronounced very like English key.
Corgi [cor + ci] means sheepdog. (Which is an interesting picture).
What is the date prince Llewellyn of wales got killed?
prince Llewellyn died in 2008 and was born in 1599 on the 12 of may
Is wales the most beautiful country ever?
Yes, it's true, Wales obviously is most beautiful country ever in the world! Come visit some day!
Does Pembroke castle have a moat?
No, it did not need a moat. The wide river Pembroke runs close beneath the castle on the north-east, north, west and south-west sides; originally an artificial dry ditch protected the south-east approach, leaving just a short southern portion of the outer wall without any form of ditch or moat.
This short section lay within the protective walls of Pembroke town, which any attacker would first have to breach; it was also protected by a very strong gate tower and four further circular towers.
See link below for a large detailed plan of Pembroke Castle:
What is the exact number of castles in Wales?
Wales had around 400 castles. Only 100 are left. Some of those are restored castles and others are now preserved castle ruins. For more information and a full list, see Related Links further down this page.
Was merthyr tydfil the capital of Wales?
No ,it's never been the Welsh capital- up until the Industrial Revolution (1759) it was a small village, and only expanded when iron foundries were established there in the 18th Century (From 1759).
Merry Christmas and a happy new year in welsh?
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda.
Nadolig = Christmas
Llawen = Merry
a = and
Blwyddyn = Year
Newydd = New
Dda = Good
Why did Dowlais ironworks Merthyr Tydfil shut down?
The ironworks didn't shut down as such, it had been converted into a modern steelworks, bought out the nearby Cyfarthfa Works and entered into partnerships to create the world famous brand of Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds, but new foreign competition, especially the huge German and American combines made continued investment too expensive given the cost of necessary imports, particularly from their Basque iron ore mines, so it was dismantled and moved to the coast at Cardiff East Moors on the Severn Sea (Bristol Channel), 'The Dowlais Works, Dowlais' became 'The Dowlais Cardiff Works'. Back in Dowlais itself the main body closed down in 1936, but the Ivor Works foundry, named after Ivor Bertie Guest, Lord Wimbourne, the son of Sir John and Lady Charlotte, was continually modernised and carried on making ingot moulds for export until it finally closed down in 1987.
There were never any. Wales has been ruled by the English Monarchy since 1284 and has been a principality of England since 1301 and is still the world's largest principality. You could be referring to Geoffrey of Monmouth who was "King of Cymru" but this is mostly legend.
The Gaels and the Brythons were two groups of Celts that?
Two groups of Celts - the Gaels and Brythons - also invaded the British Isles.
Part of the "Insular Celtic" languages which developed separately on the British Isles from other Celtic European languages into Brythonic (Welsh, Breton, Cornish) and Goidelic languages (Irish, Scottish, Manx Celts). The Brythons/Britons were the original inhabitants of Britain before the arrival of the Angles/Saxons/Jutes/Vikings drove most of them into Wales Cornwall and Breton. In old Welsh Brythonaid was used as the name of the people (including all Brythonic Celts) and the land until the 1100s when Cymru took over as the name for Wales. Wales is derived from the ancient Germanic Wahla or Welsch meaning foreigner
Was the Bayeux Tapestry sewn in port talbot wales?
That would have been completely impossible, since the Normans had not yet ventured into Wales at the time the Bayeux Embroidery (it is definitely not a tapestry) was produced in the 1070s.
Many historians believe that the embroidery was made at Canterbury in Kent, well within the conquered territory and already a centre of embroidery work under the Saxon kings.
Canterbury was also in an area under the control of Bishop Odo of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror, who was the controlling force behind the production of the embroidery and indeed may have given the finished article its "Bayeux" name. The needlewomen of Canterbury were famous across Europe and Odo had recently become Earl of Kent, so in effect these women worked for him.
Why did the Briton's speak Welsh?
If you mean the ancient Britons who were native to the Roman province of Britannia, they did not speak Welsh. They spoke a Celtic language known today as Brythonic or Brittonic, and they were a people who called themselves Pritani or Britani probably from the early Bronze age onwards.
This language is the ancestor of Welsh and Cornish (Kernowek) but there are many linguistic differences.
When the Roman Empire withdrew its support for the province of Britannia and all military and political structure collapsed, the migrating Saxons, Jutes, Angles, Wends, Frisians, Franks and others who arrived on these shores gradually pushed many of the native population towards the west, into Wales and Cornwall.
Here their Brythonic language slowly evolved into Welsh and Cornish, but Welsh as a separate language did not exist before about 550 AD ("primitive welsh"), becoming Old Welsh by the 9th century AD.
So ancient Britons could not have spoken Welsh, since it did not exist at that time.
English...............................Brythonic.............................Welsh
river....................................abona.................................afon
water..................................dubro..................................dŵr
border.................................canto-.................................cant
fire.......................................taneto................................tân
journey...............................sent, hent...........................hynt
white...................................wen....................................gwyn
yew tree..............................ebor....................................efwr
Why should Llywelyn ap Gruffudd be remembered?
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1223-1282) was the last independent ruler of Wales before its conquest by England. He was the grandson of Llywelyn the Great, and died at the Battle of Orewin Bridge (December 11, 1282).
Where is the ruins of the monastery at monknash?
In Monknash itself - Vale of Glamorgan. South Wales. CF71 7QQ
Its not actually a monastery but rather a monastic grange
When was the stables at Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil Built?
The former Dowlais Ironworks Stables (now called Dowlais Stables) was built for Sir Josiah John Guest in 1820. The building is a rectangular plan of ranges set round a railway-served central yard. The south west range has two-storeys with centre and end pavilions separating 9-bay ranges and there is a tall central arch, through which the railway passed, with a circular clock face. The large first-floor rooms were used as a boys school until the Dowlais Schools 200 yards away were built in 1854-5. Soldiers were stationed there for several years after the Merthyr riots of 1831. The stables closed in the 1930s and the site became derelict. In the late 1970s unauthorised demolition started, but was brought to a halt. The whole site was bought by the "Merthyr Tydfil Heritage Trust" in 1981 and subsequently turned into flats. The south east facade walls were also substantially rebuilt. Of the original structure, only the southeast range and Stables House on the north west range currently survive.
