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Mwnt, site of Flemish Invasion

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NPRN404332
Map ReferenceSN15SE
Grid ReferenceSN1940051900
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCeredigion
Old CountyCardiganshire
CommunityY Ferwig
Type Of SiteINVASION SITE
PeriodMedieval
Description
The Flemings, from Flanders, landed at Mwnt in 1155. Their defeat by the Welsh was commemorated at least in the eighteenth century by a games meeting held on the first Sunday in January, 'Sul Coch y Mwnt' - Bloody Sunday. Within living memory many human skeletons and bones have been exposed from the farmlands of Ffynnon Grog to the fringes of the shore. A nearby stream still bears the name of Nant y Fflymon - the Flemings' Brook.
(Source: information provided in Mwnt Church, via A.P.Wakelin, RCAHMW)
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 10 May 2006.