The Cadfan Stone (Welsh: Carreg Cadfan) is a 7th-9th century stone that has the earliest known Welsh language inscription, specifically in Old Welsh. The...

Cadfan or St Cadfan might refer to: The Battle of Cadfan, fought between English and Welsh armies in 1257 Cadfan ap Iago, King of Gwynedd (7th century...

Cadfan ap Iago (c. 569 – c. 625) was King of Gwynedd (reigned c. 616 – c. 625). Little is known of the history of Gwynedd from this period, and information...

historic county of Merionethshire. It is famous as the location of the Cadfan Stone, a stone cross with the earliest known example of written Welsh, and the...

Old Welsh is understood to be that on a gravestone now in Tywyn – the Cadfan Stone – thought to date from the 7th century, although more recent scholarship...

church is noted for its Romanesque architecture and for housing the Cadfan Stone, a stone cross dating from ninth century or earlier which is inscribed with...

inscriptions". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 July 2012. Vousden, N. (2012). "St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical...

motivations into the 21st century. The church is built of several types of stone and has a single nave and a square tower. On the east end is an apse, known...

with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. Traditionally, the sword in the stone is the proof of Arthur's lineage. The sword given to him by the Lady of...

have been the son of Ithel the Generous of Armorica and the cousin of St Cadfan. According to Enwogion Cymru, he was 'a saint who lived in the early part...

husband to convert to Christianity. King Cadfan of Gwynedd dies and is buried at Llangadwaladr, where his memorial stone can still be seen. He is succeeded...

of the Anglo-Saxon period, the tribe may have colluded with Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd when he invaded Northumbria and briefly held the area in 633...

Kings of Gwynedd. King Cadfan ap Iago had been buried in the church, and his tombstone c. 634 is still on display today. Cadfan's grandson Cadwaladr ap...

probably his memorial stone was discovered being used as a gatepost in Tywyn (Gwynedd) in 1761. He was apparently buried with St. Cadfan in the local churchyard...

Anglesey. An early Gwynedd King, Cadfan ap Iago was buried at St. Cadwaladr's Church in the then Aberffraw hundred. Cadfan's tombstone (634 AD) is on display...

led a sept of the Déisi in their settlement of Dyfed c. 270. A memorial stone was discovered in 1895 near the church of Castell Dwyran in Carmarthenshire...

only through inscriptions found in secure contexts. The so-called "Arthur stone", discovered in 1998 among the ruins at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall in securely...

under the control of the Anglo-Saxons.[citation needed] Beli's grandson was Cadfan ap Iago from the line of Maelgwn, his tombstone in Gwynedd wrote in Latin:...

attributed as a daughter of Padarn and a cousin of Cadfan, though this is a misreading of an inscribed stone, referred to as her gravestone, in the churchyard...

centuries, under rulers such as Maelgwn Gwynedd (died 547) and Cadwallon ap Cadfan (died 634/5) who in alliance with Penda of Mercia was able to lead his armies...

who fled there after the death of Eadwine at the hands of Cadwallon ap Cadfan and Penda in 633. Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England Christianisation of...

pieces by wild beasts, an event said to be shown on Meigle Stone 2 (Queen Venora's Stone). This stone was one of two that originally stood near a mound that...

to react. Following numerous battles, Marius killed Rodric and set up a stone there to remember that triumph. In addition, that land became known as Westmorland...

Arthur (who had been secreted away by Merlin) drawing the sword from the stone, an event orchestrated by Merlin in the role of kingmaker. Earlier, Merlin...

fought as an ally of the Britons against the Northumbrians. Cadwallon ap Cadfan of the Kingdom of Gwynedd allied with Penda of Mercia to defeat Edwin of...

of Bernicia and a Welsh army under Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd. The battle is commemorated by a stone cross at the side of the B6318. GoogleMap Chollerford...

C. S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength and Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone, and Charles Williams, Taliessin through Logres. Albion Prydain Geoffrey...

Northumbrian kingdom became the chief power in Britain. However, when Cadwallon ap Cadfan defeated Edwin at Hatfield Chase in 633, Northumbria was divided into the...

ring formation of the monument could equally apply to Avebury, the largest stone circle in Europe. In Welsh legend and texts, Ambrosius appears as Emrys...

and his followers landed at Totnes in Devon. A stone on Fore Street in Totnes, known as the "Brutus Stone", commemorates this imaginary event. In 2021,...