Glossary

Glossary of Placenames




      Abalava - Burgh by Sands, Cumbria.

      Abona - (A- bo - na)- Roman town at mouth of Avon. Avonmouth.

      Abrinicates* - (A-brini-catis) - a Saxon Shore fortress in France. Avranches, France

      Alchester - (Al-chester)Alchester

      Alcluyd - (Al - clood)Dumbarton

      Alauna -

      Aleto* - (A-leto)- a Saxon Shore fortress in France. St. Malo, France

      Alauna Ardoch, Tayside.

      Anderita* - (An-der-reeta) a Saxon Shore fortress in Britain. Pevensey

      Anercying - ( )- kingdom east of Powys.

      Aquae Arnemetiae - Buxton, Derby.

      Aquae Sulis - (Ack-way-Soo-lis) Roman town in western Briton. Called Caer Baddon by the Britons. Bath, Avon.

      Athfotla - ( )Pictish kingdom, ruled by the Calidones, with its capital at Dunkeld('fortress of the Caledonii').


      Banna - Birdoswald, Cumbria.

      Bedegraine - ( )forest in the north of Llogres. Sherwood Forest.

      Bibra - Beckfoot, Cumbria.

      Blabia* - (Blay-bee-a)a Saxon Shore fortress in France. Blaye, France

      Blatum Bulgium - Birrens, Dumfries and Galloway.

      Bononia* - (Ba-nonya)a Saxon Shore fortress in France. Boulogne,France

      Botis Insula - Bute, Strathclyde.

      Branodunum* - (Bran - od - dunum) Brancaster, Norfolk.

      Branogenium - (Brano - genee - um) Leintwardine

      Bremenium - (Bre-menee-um)

      Bremetennacum -

      Brocavum - Brougham, Cumbria.

      Broceliande - forest in Brittany. The Forest of Paimpont.

      Brocolitia - Carrawburgh, Northumbria.

      Brycheniog -

      Bryn Myrddin - hill near Carmartthen, popularly called Merlin's Hill. A cave inside is thought to be one of the possible resting places for the famous wizard.

      Buellt - small mountainous kingdom in central Wales.

      Burrium - (Bur - ee - um) Usk

      Bwlch-y-Groes - mountain pass in northern Wales.

      Bwlch-y-Saethu - mountain pass in Snowdownia, northern Wales, where, according to Welsh legend, Arthur was killed by a flurry of arrows following the battle of Tregalen.


      Camulodunum - (Ca-moo-loadin-um) Colchester

      Caer Brithon - Also called Alcludd, the Rock of the Clyde, this fort was the capital of the kings of Strathclyde.Dumbarton Rock(Din Brithon).

      Caer Caratauc - probably Cary Craddock, Herefordshire, this hillfort was just within the kingdom of Ercing Caer Dolforwyn - Newtown, Powys

      Caerdyff - Cardiff

      Caer Lud - Ludlow, Shropshire

      Caer Sws - Caersws, Powys

      Caesaromagus - Chelmsford, Essex.

      Calacum - Burrow in Lonsdale, Lancastershire.

      Calleva - (Ca - lee - va) - Roman built town in southern Llogres, the capitol of the Atrebates. Called Caer Celemion by the Britons. Silchester, Hampshire

      Camboglanna - Castlesteads, Cumbria.

      Cana Insula - Canna, Highlands.

      Canovium - - Caerhun, Gwynedd.

      Cataractonium - Catterick, N. Yorkshire.

      Causennae -

      Clausentum -

      Ceridigion - kingdom in S.W. Wales.

      Cerniu - Sub-kingdom of Dumnonia. Cornwall.

      Circinn - Pictish kingdom, with its capital at Forfar, close to the foot of Turin Hill(Dunnechain).

      Coel's Hill - Cole's Hill, Hereford & Worcester.

      Combretovium - Baylham House, Suffolk.

      Concangis - Chester-le-Street, Durham. Condercum - Benwell, Tyne and Wearmouth.

      Constantia* - (Con-stan-cheeya) Coutances, France

      Corinium - (Cor - in - ee - um) Cirencester, Gloucestershire

      Corstapitium -

      Crocolana - Brough, Nottinghamshire.

      Crinan Moss -

      Cunetio - (Cu - neeshy -o) Mildenhall, Wiltshire


      Dalriada - original kingdom established by the Irish Scotti in S.W. Scotland, around Argyll, with it's capital at Dunadd.

      Danum - (Dan - num)Doncaster

      Dere Street - Post-Roman name for the road north from Corbridge to the Firth of Forth, the modern A68. Deva - (Dee-va)Chester, Cheshire.

      Dimiloc -

      Din Eidyn - Edinburgh.

      Dolaucothi - (Doll-ow-cothy) Welsh Gold Mines

      Dubris* - (Doo-briss) Dover

      Dumnonia - (Dum-nonya)large kingdom in S.W. Britain, including the sub-kingdoms of Cerniw(Cornwall) and Glastenning(Somerset).

      Dunoding -

      Dunollie - (Dunollie)

      Dunpelyder -

      Durnovaria - (Durr-no-varr-eya) Dorchester, Dorset.

      Durobrivae -

      Durocobrius - (Durr - o - cubri - us) Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

      Duroliponte - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

      Durovernum Cantiacorum - (Doo-rove-err-num)Canterbury, Kent.

      Dyfed - Demetia, kingdom in S.W. Wales.


      Eboracum - (Eh-borrah-cum) York

      Edlogan -

      Eldael -

      Elmet -

      Ercing -


      Fanum Cocidii - Bewcastle, Cumbria.

      Fib - Pictish kingdom, with its seaboard capital of Kilrymont(St. Andrews). Present day Fife.

      Fortrenn - Pictish kingdom, with its capital at Forteviot, guarding the upper waters of the Earn and the Forth, an important route to Dalriada.

      Fosse Way - the post-Roman name for the road from Exeter to Lincoln.


      Galava - Ambleside, Cumbria.

      Ganganorum Prom. - Braich-Y-Pwll, Gwynedd.

      Garionnonum* - (Garee- onnonum)Burgh Castle, Suffolk.

      Garthmadryn -

      Glannaventa - (Glan-na-venta) Ravenglass

      Glevum - (Glev-vum) Gloucester

      Gobannium - Abergavenny, Gwent.

      Gower -

      Grannona* - (Gran-nona) Port-en-Bessin, France

      Guerensis - (Gur-en-sis) Warwick

      Gwent -

      Gwrtherynion -

      Gwynedd -



      Isca Dumnoniorum - (Isska Dumb-nonny-orum) Exeter

      Isca Silurum - (Isska Sigh-loo-rum) Caerleon, Gwent.

      Isurium Brigantum - (Isuree - um) Aldborough, North Yorkshire.



      Kidwilly -


      Lagentium - Castleford, W. Yorkshire.

      Lavatris - Bowes, Durham.

      Legiolum - (Legee - olum)

      Lemanis* - (Leh-mann-iss) Lympne

      Lindinis - (Linn-dinnis) Ilchester

      Lindum - (Linn-dumb) Lincoln

      Lleyn -

      Llogres - (Lo-gris)

      Londinium - (Lonn-dinny-yum) London

      Lugg Vale - Mortimer's Cross, Hereford & Worcester.

      Luguvalium - Carlisle, Cumbria.


      Magnis - (Mag - nis)Kenchester, Hereford & Worcester.

      Magnis - (Mag - nis) Carvoran, Northumbria.

      Maia - Bowness, Cumbria.

      Mai Dun - (May - dun) Maiden Castle, Dorset

      Mamucium - (Mah-moochy-yum) Manchester

      Manatias* - (Ma-nay-tias) Nantes

      Manau Gododdin -

      Margidunum - Castle Hill, Nottinghamshire.

      Maridunum - (Marid - d'num) Carmarthen, Dyfed.

      Mediobogdum -

      Mona Insula - Anglesey, Gwynedd.


      Navio - Brough, Derby.

      Nidum -

      Noviomagis - (Novvy-oh-maggus) Chichester


      Othona* - (O - thana) Bradwell,Essex.


      Petuaria - Brough on Humber, Humberside.

      Portus Adurni* - (Por -tis A- durni) Portchester,

      Powys



      Ratae - (Ra- tie) Leicester

      Regulbium* - (Re-goolby-yum) Reculver

      Rheged - (Ra-ged)

      Rhos -

      Rotomagus* - (Roto-maggus)Rouen, France.

      Rutupiae* - (Roo-too-pee-ay) Richborough


      Segedunum

      Segelocum

      Segontium (Se-gon -tee -um)

      Caernarvon, Gwynedd. Sorviodunum (Sorr-vee-yode-inum) Old Sarum (Salisbury)

      Strathclyde

      Sulloniacis Brockley Hill, Greater London.


      Tamesis

      Tintagel

      Tisobis Fl. Afon Dwyryd, Gwynedd.

      Traprain Law

      Trimontium (Trim-montee-um)

      Trivono


      Uxellodunum


      Vagniacae

      Varar Fluvis Beauly Firth, Highlands.

      Veluniate Carriden, Central.

      Venetis* (Ven-etis)Saxon Shore fortress in France.Vannes, France.

      Venonae

      Venta Belgarum (Venta Bell-gah-rum) Winchester

      Venta Icenorum (Venta I - seen - norum) Caistor St. Edmunds, Norfolk.

      Venta Silurum (Venta Sigh-loo-rum) Caerwent,Gwent.

      VerterisBrough, Cumbria.

      Verulamium (Verr-you-lame-eeyum) St. Alban's

      Vindocladia Badbury, Dorset.

      Vindolanda - Chesterholme.

      Remains of an army bathhouse at Vindolanda


      Vinovia Binchester, Durham.

      Virosidum Brough By Bainbridge, North Yorkshire.

      Viruconium (Verr - you - con-eeyum) Wroxeter



      Ynys Mon Anglesey

      Ynys Wair Lundy Island

      Ynys Wydryn Glastonbury, Somerset




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