• Carmarthen in Southwest Wales. The first was the Norman Rhyd-y-gors Castle and the other was Rhyd-y-gors Mansion, home of the Edwardes family. A perfectly preserved...
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    or Rhyd y Gors (or less commonly Glan-rhos shield) is a large copper-alloy Yetholm-type shield from the Bronze Age, found in Rhos-Rydd or Rhyd y Gors, near...
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    Hergest – held in Jesus College of Oxford University, Oxford, England Rhyd-y-gors Shield – held in the British Museum, London, England Moel Hebog shield...
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    (1450–1300 BC) Eight bronze shields including those from Moel Hebog and Rhyd-y-gors, Wales and Athenry, County Galway, Ireland, (12th–10th centuries BC)...
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    first was the Norman Rhyd-y-gors Castle and the other was Rhyd-y-gors Mansion, home of the Edwardes family. In 1911, Rhyd-y-gors changed ownership, other...
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    Mire Penygarnedd Mine Pen-yr-hen-Allt Pistyll Rhaeadr Plas-y-Gors Pumlumon (Plynlimon) Pwll-y-wrach Radnor Forest Rhagnentydd Gwy Uchaf - Upper Wye Tributaries...
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    a Neolithic quarry was recently discovered in St. Dyfnog’s Well. The Rhyd y Gors shield is large beaten copper alloy shield 67 cm wide dating from the...
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  • Elerech Felin Fach Y Ferwig Ffaldybrenin Ffair Rhos Ffoshelyg Ffostrasol Ffosyffin Furnace Gilfachreda Glan-y-môr Glynarthen Goginan Gors Goch Gwbert Henllan...
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    the Moel Hebog shield which is also 3,000 years old (similar to the Rhyd-y-gors example), and more recently the Trawsfynydd tankard, which was used to...
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    chambered tombs, the most notable including Bryn Celli Ddu and Barclodiad y Gawres on Anglesey. Also on the isle is one of the earliest settlements in...
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    gold cape and Red Lady of Paviland as well as the Red Book of Hergest, Rhyd-y-gors shield, Moel Hebog shield, Bardsey crown, Llanllyfni lunula, the Trawsfynydd...
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    the Rhyd-y-gors Shield, a Yetholm-type shield, 12th-10th century BC, British Museum...
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    Carmarthen. An earlier fort existed 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) south at Rhyd-y-gors, built by William FitzBaldwin of Devon on behalf of English King William...
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  • (1858–1948), daughter of Captain Frederick Augustus Edwardes (1829–1878) of Rhyd-y-gors in June 1882. Their elder son became Rear-Admiral James Vandeleur Creagh...
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  • Gladys Hemery Lindon, an heiress of an old Welsh family, the Edwardes of Rhyd-y-gors. In 1928 they wed, and were deeply in love. He always referred to her...
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    Y Gors is a hamlet in the community of Trawsgoed, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 71.5 miles (115.1 km) from Cardiff and 176.1 miles (283.4 km) from London...
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  • Senior winners: Coleg Sir Gar, Graig Campus, Llanelli Highly Commended: Rhyd-y-Gors Secondary Support Service, Carmarthenshire Junior Winners: Woodheys Primary...
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    Gileston in Glamorganshire, a younger branch of the family of Edwardes, of Rhyd-y-gors. They had two daughters, Charlotte Anne Maria (1825–1911) and Elizabeth...
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    Rhydwyn (Welsh pronunciation; Rhyd-Wyn) is a village in the community of Cylch-y-Garn, in the north west of Anglesey, Wales. Rhydwyn is named after a little...
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    Bangor (/ˈbæŋɡər, -ɡɔːr/; Welsh: [ˈbaŋɡɔr] ) is a cathedral city and community in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is the oldest city in Wales. Historically part...
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    Nant Arberth, Afon Morgenau, Afon Plysgog, Nant Rhyd-y-fuwch, Afon Piliau, Afon Mwldan, Nant Degwen, Nant-y-ferwig. The Teifi and its tributaries are underlain...
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  • the renaming of an Aberystwyth caravan park from the long-standing "Glan y Môr" to an English name "Aber Bay", a Ceredigion farm changing its name from...
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    SS7690 Craig-y-duke Craig-y-duke Settlement SN7002 Croeserw Croeserw Settlement SS8695 Cwmafan Cwmafan Settlement SS7892 Cwm-gors Cwm-gors Cwmgors Settlement...
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  • 95/107 Rhydding Fault Glamorganshire E&W 230; 247 Rhyd Sion Wynn Fault Clwyd Mem E&W 95/107 Rhyd-y-creua Fault Clwyd Mem E&W 95/107 Rhymney Fault Mem...
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    Glan-y-môr Seaside Area SS5099 Glyn-teg Glyn-teg Settlement SN3637 Gors-goch Gors-goch Settlement SN5713 Gors-las Gors-las Gorslas Settlement SN5713 Y Graig...
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    SN3148 Goginan Goginan Settlement SN6881 Gorrig Gorrig Settlement SN4042 Gors-goch Gors-goch Gorsgoch Settlement SN4850 Groesffordd Groesffordd Settlement SN4041...
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    Rhostrehwfa Rhostrehwfa Settlement SH4474 Rhos-y-bol Rhos-y-bol Rhosybol Settlement SH4288 Rhyd-wyn Rhyd-wyn Rhydwyn Settlement SH3188 Soar Soar Settlement...
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    Settlement SO1690 Glan-rhyd Glan-rhyd Settlement SN7709 Glantwymyn Cemaes Road Cemmaes Road Settlement SH8204 Glan-y-nant Glan-y-nant Settlement SN9384...
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    Rangers "Villagers plagued by vandals". BBC News. 13 February 2004. Gae'r Gors Dylan Iorwerth, "Cadw's new quarry cottage", Heritage in Wales, Issue 54...
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  • miles away and the town of New Quay is 15 miles away "Cors" (mutated to Gors) is Welsh for "marsh" or "bog", and "goch" is the mutated form of "coch"...
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