Ancient Welsh City Found

[Viggen]

Caer Caradoc at Mynydd y Gaer, Glamorgan, is one of the most important locations in all of ancient British history. It is the fabled fortress city of King Caradoc 1, son of Arch, who fought the Romans from 42-51AD. And now, a small team of dedicated researchers working with historians Alan Wilson and Baram Blackett, have been able to pinpoint the location of this site. "It is great news for the local, regional and national economy," said Alan Wilson today. "We have been making these discoveries for many years and with the Electrum Cross discovered at nearby St. Peter's in 1990, it looks like a boost for jobs is likely."

 

full article at NewsWales

[longbow]

There's a aerial photo of the Hillfort in this Link.

Longbow

Edited August 18, 2006 by longbow

[Antiochus of Seleucia]

The farmer probabley isn't too thrilled that he will have them blasted tourists in his field!

 

Nice pic.

Edited August 18, 2006 by Antiochus of Seleucia

[WotWotius]

It is the fabled fortress city of King Caradoc 1, son of Arch, who fought the Romans from 42-51AD.

 

Is there any textual evidence for the existence of King Caradoc?

[Gaius Paulinus Maximus]

Caer Caradoc at Mynydd y Gaer, Glamorgan, is one of the most important locations in all of ancient British history. It is the fabled fortress city of King Caradoc 1, son of Arch, who fought the Romans from 42-51AD. And now, a small team of dedicated researchers working with historians Alan Wilson and Baram Blackett, have been able to pinpoint the location of this site. "It is great news for the local, regional and national economy," said Alan Wilson today. "We have been making these discoveries for many years and with the Electrum Cross discovered at nearby St. Peter's in 1990, it looks like a boost for jobs is likely."

 

full article at NewsWales

 

 

Could this not be the hillfort where caratacus made a stand against Scapula in 50AD, he had taken refuge with the Ordovices which were a tribe situated in mid wales

Ostorius Scapula moved Legio XIV Gemina from its base at Manduessedum (Mancetter, Leicestershire) to a new legionary fortress at Viroconium (Wroxeter, Shropshire) close to the mid wales border. The legion marched west and was joined by the Twentieth marching up from the south, and somewhere in in mid Wales- the site has yet to be identified- the forces of caratacus were soundly defeated. this story is narrated in Tacitus' annals XII 33-37

 

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Edited August 18, 2006 by Gaius Paulinus Maximus

[Gaius Paulinus Maximus]

It is the fabled fortress city of King Caradoc 1, son of Arch, who fought the Romans from 42-51AD.

 

Is there any textual evidence for the existence of King Caradoc?

 

 

I can't find any textual evidence of a king Caradoc especially from 42-51AD, i know that Caratacus was in the area around that time so i'm thinking maybe they could be the same person....Caradoc......Caratacus looks and sounds pretty similar, also in the Boudica series of books by Manda Scott (i know its pretty unreliable as historical fact but...) the character Caratacus was known to his own people as Caradoc , Caratacus was the Roman name for him.

I could be way of the mark here but it's definately something to think about???

[DecimusCaesar]

I had read that Caratacus (Caradog in Welsh) made his last stand in Llanymynech near the Vrynwy lake in North Wales, so its apparent that this theory is by now obsolete.

 

Nice pic Longbow.