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Re: Moel-y-Gaer (Flintshire) by VirtHist on Monday, 23 July 2007

It's interesting that this hillfort, with the name of 'The Hill Fort', should have a hamlet to the south of it called Caerfallwch. Is this derived from Caer Afallach, as suggested by Blake and Lloyd in their searches for the historical Arthur? Afallach is a king certainly assosiated with North Wales and Isle of Avalon derives from the Latin Insula Avolnus which is from the Welsh Ynys Afallach (pronounced av-ARH-clhokh). This has always been interpreted as the island of Afallach (Avalon), but in Old Welsh 'ynys' could also mean 'realm', which would make it the Realm of Afallach. Wouldn't it be great if Moel Y Gaer was the legendary Avalon!

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