Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Maes-y-Garmon

Maes-y-Garmon, ancient battlefield (448), generally placed 1 mile W. of Mold, Flintshire; the battle, called the "Victoria Alleleuiatiea," in which the British Christians under St Germanus defeated the Picts and Saxons, is commemorated by a stone pillar erected on the field (1 mile W. of Mold) in 1736.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient battlefield"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Flintshire AncC
Place: Maesgarmon

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