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The Welsh legend of Cantre'r Gwaelod, a lost land sunken below Cardigan Bay, has persisted for almost a millennium.
First written about in the mid-13th Century, it is likely the myths and legends surrounding the Welsh Atlantis date from long before that.
Yet there has never been any definitive geographical evidence for the mythical land… until now, perhaps.
A medieval map has been u
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Hermione
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Ancient History
Hermonie posted the below two web pages:
Wiki on Cantre'r Gwaelod -
Cantre’r Gwaelod – The Lost Land of Wales
It sounds strangely like what happen to the area within
a macrotidal estuary near Portage, Alaska during the 1964.
Good Friday earthquake. Before the earthquake, which
happened at low tide, a large part of the estuary,
including a gas station, hunting cabins, and
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Paul H.
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Laboratory
Paul H. Wrote:
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> Prehistoric forest arises in Cardigan Bay after
> storms
> strip away sand. The Guardian, February 20, 2014,
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> Prehistoric forest uncovered by storms in Cardigan
> Bay
> - in pictures - The skeletal trees of Borth forest
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> last alive 4,500 years ago and linked to l
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Hermione
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Laboratory
Prehistoric forest arises in Cardigan Bay after storms
strip away sand. The Guardian, February 20, 2014,
Prehistoric forest uncovered by storms in Cardigan Bay
- in pictures - The skeletal trees of Borth forest –
last alive 4,500 years ago and linked to lost kingdom
of Cantre’r Gwaelod – appear at shoreline. The Guardian,
February 21, 2014,
Submerged Forest, Ceredigion Coast P
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Paul H.
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Laboratory
Of course, the existence of the tree stumps may have been the cause of the legend of the Lowland Hundreds, not evidence the land was real.
Should be interesting though!
Pete
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Pete Clarke
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Ancient History
Experts look for 'watery kingdom', BBC News
May 25, 2006,
"Scientists are to carry out an underwater search for
a supposed kingdom in Cardigan Bay said to have existed
more than 5,000 years ago."
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Paul H.
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Ancient History
<HTML>For those familiar with grail terminolgy and related symbolism, here's a little research quest I undertook a year or so ago
Nanteos Mansion – Capel Seion - Cardiganshire
Nanteos Mansion was the resting place for over 300 years for the, so called, Grail Cup. The Cup which was the same one used in the Last Supper, made of olive wood. Legend tells that Joseph of Arim
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Nebankh
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Ancient History