A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
GAER, or Caer, any one of numerous places in Wales, Monmouth, and Cornwall, where there was an ancient British or a Roman camp. A conspicuous one, also called Caer-Bannau, is in the western vicinity of the town of Brecon; another is on the Julian way, near Tretower, in the E of Breconshire; another is in the vicinity of Blaenforth, in Cardigan; another is on the river Ithon, not far from Penybont, in Radnor; another is near Llwyngwril, in Merioneth; another is on the Julian way, 2 miles SW of Llanthoney abbey, in Monmouth; another is in the northern neighbourhood of Trelowarren, in Cornwall; and others, either called simply Gaer, or having prefixes or suffixes to that name, are in other places.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "any one of numerous places" (ADL Feature Type: "locations") |
| Administrative units: | Cornwall AncC Monmouthshire AncC |
| Place names: | CAER | GAER | GAER OR CAER |
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