The Land Bridge

      The following figure is a copy of the earliest map I could find of Britain and Wales.  It is a copy taken from the cover of Gerald of Wales The Journey Through Wales and The Description of Wales, translated by Lewis Thorpe, and published by Penguin Classics in 1978. The original map is identified as being from the 13th-century. It is reported to be located in the British Library, London. [Cott.Claud.D.VI Folio 12v] The land bridge between the Dee (to the north) and the Severn (to the south) as it was drawn a long time ago is clearly shown. It is this land bridge that my Celtic ancestors managed to settle long, long, before this map was being drawn.

      Now place the maps from previous posts using your fine tuned mental images, and judge where Wat's dike, and the guard hedge would be found. It is also the location that many of my Jones ancestors spent their days.