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The Pillar of Eliseg

The Pillar of Eliseg – also known as Elise's Pillar or Croes Elisedd in Welsh – stands near Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire, Wales [Grid reference SJ 20267 44527]. It was erected by Cyngen ap Cadell (died 855), king of Powys in honour of his great-grandfather Elisedd ap Gwylog. The form Eliseg found on the pillar is assumed to be a mistake by the carver of the inscription.

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Pillar of Eliseg

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The Pillar of Eliseg – also known as Elise's Pillar or Croes Elisedd in Welsh – stands near Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire, Wales [Grid reference SJ...

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Vortigern

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inscription on the Pillar of Eliseg, a mid-9th century stone cross in Llangollen, northern Wales, gives the Old Welsh spelling of Vortigern: Guarthi[gern]...

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Elisedd ap Gwylog

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of Valle Crucis. This is known as the Pillar of Eliseg, but the form Eliseg which appears on the column is thought to be a mistake by the carver of the...

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Magnus Maximus

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Pillar of Eliseg, erected nearly 500 years after he left Britain, and he figures in lists of the Fifteen Tribes of Wales. After he became emperor of the...

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Cyngen ap Cadell

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stands near the later abbey of Valle Crucis. This memorial had a lengthy inscription and is known as the Pillar of Eliseg owing to a typographical mistake...

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850

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MacAlpin) of Alba (modern Scotland) invades Northern Northumbria during the period of 850–858, burning Dunbar and Melrose. The Pillar of Eliseg is erected...

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Brochfael ap Elisedd

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Gwylog. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his son, Cadell ap Brochfael. His name also was inscribed (as "Brochmail") in the Pillar of Eliseg. v t e...

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Llangollen

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memorial in the church. The Pillar of Eliseg [Grid Ref: SJ 20267 44528] is another ancient monument located 400m NNW of Valle Crucis Abbey. Llangollen...

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Yma o Hyd

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common progenerator listed in the earliest Welsh genealogies and on the Pillar of Eliseg, erected by a Welsh king who was still claiming Macsen as an ancestor...

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Wales

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founder of several royal dynasties, and as the father of the Welsh Nation. He is given as the ancestor of a Welsh king on the Pillar of Eliseg, erected...

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Kingdom of Powys

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Cambrian Archaeological Association. Archaeologia Cambrensis: "The Pillar of Eliseg", p. 297 Archived 17 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine. W. Pickering...

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Historia Brittonum

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genealogies, this documents the lineage of Hywel Dda, king of Wales, and several of his contemporaries. The Pillar of Eliseg is frequently discussed in connection...

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Cadell ap Brochfael

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"Cattell")[citation needed] in the Pillar of Eliseg. He was succeeded by his son Cyngen ap Cadell, the last known king of the Cadelling dynasty of Powys. Some genealogies...

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Pagus

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Pickering (1851). The Pillar of Eliseg. Cambrian Archaeological Association. Archaeologia Cambrensis. p. 297. Ivan Sache, "The formation of the French provinces"...

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Abergwyngregyn

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been identified. Other similar mounds, such as the one on which the Pillar of Eliseg near Llangollen stands, or the one at Scone in Scotland, have been...

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Edward Lhuyd

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text of the Pillar of Eliseg" Delair & al. (2002). R. M. Owens, 1984. Trilobites in Wales. Geological Series No. 7. 22 pp. (Geological publications of the...

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Victory column

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hero. Of the columns listed above, the following are the Roman columns. Roman triumphal columns were either monolithic pillars or composed of column...

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Powys Fadog

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Crucis Abbey, built by Prince Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, next to the Pillar of Eliseg, erected during the 800s by King Cyngen ap Cadell after a pilgrimage...

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Wales in the Roman era

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The Roman era in the area of modern Wales began in 48 AD, with a military invasion by the imperial governor of Roman Britain. The conquest was completed...

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Ial

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the 9th century was erected by king Cyngen ap Cadell of Powys named the Pillar of Eliseg, in honor of his great-grandfather king Elisedd ap Gwylog, born...

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Valle Crucis Abbey

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name from the nearby Pillar of Eliseg, which was erected four centuries earlier by Cyngen ap Cadell, King of Powys in memory of his great-grandfather...

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House of Mathrafal

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Imperial Theodosian dynasty, is featured on the Pillar of Eliseg, erected in the lordship of Yale by king Cyngen of Powys (b. 790). Its sub-Roman capital was...

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Medieval Archaeology

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Evidence" 2017: Patricia Murrieta-Flores and Howard Williams, "Placing the Pillar of Eliseg: Movement, Visibility and Memory in the Early Medieval Landscape" 2018:...

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Elisedd ap Cyngen

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titles of the leading families of Powys, many of them claimed princely blood by descent from children of Cyngen. His inscription on the Pillar of Eliseg then...

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