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Entries include Welsh language names for fields and hills in move to ensure preservation of stories and legends

Entries include Welsh language names for fields and hills in move to ensure preservation of stories and legends Dozens of placenames in Welsh, some hinting at ancient legends, others telling rich stories of how people used to live, have been submitted to a project designed to make sure they are preserved. The Welsh government appealed for people to add historical names that may be missing from online maps so they could be saved for future generations. Within two weeks, about 200 submissions were received, including local Welsh language names for fields, hills and areas. Dôl y Tylwyth Teg (Fairy Folk Meadow/Fairies’ Meadow) in Aberfan, south Wales. The person who sent the suggestion said the field was known by the Welsh name by people who spoke Cymraeg, the Welsh language. A nearby school that teaches through Welsh refers to the field by this name and uses it for events. Caeau Maelorddin (Fields of Maelor City) near Aberystwyth, west Wales, are a collection of fields near Tanybwlch beach. The contributor said his late grandfather recalled many people referring to a group of now individually named fields as Caeau Maelorddin. They were close to Pen Dinas, the hill where the giant Maelor Gawr was said to live. Ffynnon Glog (Rock Well) near Rhyd, in Gwynedd, north Wales, is a hidden well in a roadside bank, according to the contributor. The water in the well was once used as a remedy for ailments and takes its name from Y Glog, a prominent rocky outcrop nearby. Continue reading...

Wrexham Council are promoting the Welsh-language names of the city in time for the Eisteddfod, which will see the launch of a campaign to add those names to our country’s maps with Mapio.Cymru .

“Safwn yn y bwlch” Un o brif amcanion prosiect Mapio Cymru yw cynyddu’r nifer o enwau yn Gymraeg a gedwir ar OpenStreetMap fel data agored, adnodd hollbwysig er mwyn cefnogi apiau a gwasanaethau mapio...

PhD Project - The Valleys Archive at Ffotogallery: Community, Photography & Democracy in South Wales, 1978-2028 at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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