Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CANTREF-GWAELOD

CANTREF-GWAELOD, a submerged tract, 12 miles by 5, off Gwallog and Aberystwith, in Cardigan; now forming the Sarn-Gwalod shoal. It was a low flat tract, defended by dykes and dams, and said to contain sixteen towns; and was submerged in 520.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a submerged tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "bars (physiographic)")
Administrative units: Cardiganshire Ancient County

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