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Glossary of Place Names

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A  
Aberffraw in Anglesey.
Albion an ancient name for Britain.
Alclut Dumbarton, Strathclyde.
Alexandria in Egypt.
Aquae Sulis Bath.
Ariconium Western under Penyard, near Ross-on-Wye.
Armorica Brittany.
Avallach area around Glastonbury
   
B  
Badon, Mount a hill north east of Bath.
Bannog, Hills of area of Lennox Hills and Campsie Fells.
Bravonium Leintwardine, west of Ludlow.
Brecheniauc area of Brecon Beacons.
Brohellean, Forest of in central Brittany.
Buelt area of Builth and Rhayader, Powys.
Burdigala Bordeaux.
   
C  
Caellwic west of the River Tamar, Cornwall.
Calchvynedd probably Cotswold area.
Caledonia Highlands of Scotland.
Calleva Silchester, Hampshire.
Camboglanna, Camlann Birdoswald, on Hadrian's Wall.
Camulodunum Colchester.
Cantware, Saxon Kingdom Kent.
Cave of the Snare Wookey Caves, in the Mendip Hills.
Celidon Wood unknown site of battle in Highlands of Scotland.
Cendtire Kintyre Peninsula.
Clut, Kingdom of River Clyde basin.
Coit Maur the Great Wood, on Wiltshire Somerset border.
Constantinople, New Rome Istanbul.
Corinium Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Cornovii, territory of approximately Salop and Welsh border area.
Cunetio Mildenhall, Wiltshire.
   
D  
Dal Riada Irish state centred on Kintyre Peninsula.
Demetia Dyfed.
Deva Chester.
Deur a tribal area east of York.
Din a Fort.
Din Aircol Cadbury Congresbury, Somerset.
Din Camulos Cadbury Castle, Somerset.
Din Dagel Tintagel, Cornwall.
Din Draithov Dunster, Somerset
Din Eidyn Edinburgh.
Din Guayrdi Bamburgh, Northumberland.
Dumnonia Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset.
Durnovaria Dorchester, Dorset.
   
E  
Eburacum York.
Elfed a state south west of York.
Eryri Snowdon.
   
F  
Fortriu a state north west of Stirling.
Fountain of Belinus in the Forest of Brohellean, Bareton in Brittany.
   
G  
Galacum Overborough, Lancashire.
Gamon, Headland of Braich-y-pwll, Wales.
Genova Genoa.
Gewissae, territory of south Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
Glastun Glastonbury, Somerset.
Glevissig Glamorgan.
Glevum Gloucester.
   
H  
Haeglingas, Island of Hayling Island, Hampshire.
   
I  
Isca Caerleaon, Gwent.
Isca Dumnoniorum Exeter.
Iuddew, Sea of the Firth of Forth.
   
L  
Lan Illtud Llantwit, Mayor South Glamorgan.
Lanteirn Lantyan, Cornwall.
Leinster south east Ireland.
Lindinis Ilchester, Somerset.
Lindum Lincoln.
Longborth Portchester, Hampshire.
Lochlann probably Norway.
Lugdunum Lyon.
Luguvalium Carlisle.
   
M  
Magnis Kenchester, west of Hereford.
Magnus Portus Portsmouth Harbour.
Mamucium Manchester.
Manau, Isle of Isle of Man.
Massilia Marseilles.
Mearc Redes Burna in Sussex.
Mona, Isle of Anglesey.
Moridunum Carmarthen.
   
N  
Neapolis Naples.
Noviomagus Chichester.
   
O  
Olicana Ilkley, Yorkshire.
Orbiri Avebury, Wiltshire.
Ostia ancient port of Rome.
   
P  
Pisae Pisa.
Pontes Staines, Surrey.
Pontus Euxinus the Black Sea.
Praeneste a town east of Rome.
Pridi Priddy, in the Mendip Hills.
   
R  
Ratae Leicester
Ravenna last capital of Western Roman Empire.
   
S  
Sarrassen Stonehenge, Wiltshire.
Scythia region north of Black Sea and Caspian Sea.
Segontium Caernarvon.
Shallows possibly The Wash.
Sinus Arabicus the Red Sea.
Sorviodunum Old Sarum, Wiltshire.
South Saxons, Kingdom of Sussex.
Syracusae Syracuse.
   
T  
Tanatus Isle of Thanet, Kent.
Tarentum Taranto.
Temoria Tara, County Meath, Ireland.
   
V  
Vectis Isle of Wight.
Venedoti, territory of Gwynedd and Clwyd.
Venta, Gwent Caerwent, Gwent.
Venta Winchester.
Verlucio Sandy Lane, near Devizes.
Verulamium St. Albans.
Viriconium Wroxeter, Salop.
Voreda Old Penrith, Cumbria.
Votadini a tribe, the Gododdin, living between Lothian and Hadrian's Wall.
   
W  
Wall, The Hadrian's Wall.