Nant Gwrtheyrn, Carnarvonshire
Historical Description
Nant Gwrtheyrn, a romantic hollow in the SW of Carnarvonshire, on the coast, under Yr Eifl, 3 miles NE of Nevni. Vortigern is said to have died here in 465, and his grave is at Bedd Gwrtheyrn.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Carnarvonshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Nant Gwrtheyrn are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online: