Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Criggion

Criggion, hamlet, Alberbury par., NE. Montgomery, 7 m. NE. of Welshpool, pop. 162; P.O.; is considered by antiquaries the scene of the final defeat of Caractacus.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Montgomeryshire Ancient County
Place: Crugion

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