Yet To Be Called

      Around the same time period my Celtic ancestors were trying out their new language, they began to name the places they identified and claimed as their family's land. Who made these decisions and why is often a mystery.  Anyway, the Romans were the first to name the tribes who's land they invaded, because they wanted to record by name their conquest of victory for the glory of Rome. To help recall the names given to these tribes, and to place the approximant geographic locations of these folks, the following map is shown.

 

      The Deceangli and Cornovii Celtic tribes are the origin of my family tree. Old Oswestry hillfort is shown to be the geographical connection [land bridge] between these family groups. Many prior posts discuss this arrangement. The next map shows the early names given to these same areas.

     Gwynedd and Powys seem to be the best connected to the same Celtic tribes. Thus, my family tree begins in the northern most part of this land yet to be called Wales. [Please see posts beginning 17 February 2022.]