Wednesday 6 July 2011

WELSH OUTLAW AND THE FORESTS OF WALES ALSO THE RED BANDITS OF DINAS MAWDDWY.



ANCIENT WELSH WOODLANDS WERE FAVOURED ABODES OF WELSH REBEL OUTLAWS, 'ADAR y GRIEM' OF THE 14th CENTURY AND LATER 'Y GWERIN OWAIN' OF THE 15th CENTURY ON INTO THE 16th CENTURY WOODLANDS, OLD CELTIC HILLFORTS AND CASTLES IN RUINS BECAME THE REDOUBTS OF THE BANDITTI CAMBRIA.

 Retreats and Redoubts of continuing Welsh Resistence as Y Graig Llwyd (Llanymynaich), Cefn Digoll (Long Mountain), Gwern y Gof in Ceri, Y Drwm Ddu in Gwerthrynion and Coed Dugoed in Mawddwy. For further Information on Welsh Outlaw Retreats and Redoubts obtain and read the book Welsh Outlaws and Bandits by E.A Rees,Caterwen Press. An excellent book though I do not accept some of his conclusions as example, Welsh Outlaws were not a Welsh Resistence against alien rule, keep in mind the way 'Rebels' today are often made into 'Bandits'. Indeed my Uncle as a conscript in the SWB posted to Eritrea was sent out to fight 'Bandits' aka Eritrean Freedom Fighters.(Suggest you google names above, for info and on how to get to these retreats and redoubts, be some what interestingly different from the usual medieval history).
It is time that Patriots remembered not the old Princes, Lords and Chiefs but instead remembered the 'Rebel Resistence' of 1315 and 1345; they who became the 'Adar y Griem' and later the 'Barefoot Welsh Doggis' of Glyndwr's largelly Peasant Army (History testifies: Those whose names were not seen as worth recording upon their surrender, men of no consequence!) . Later as 'Y Gwerin Owain' they would continue to wage war on the Conquoror and Coloniser and later as 'Banditti Cambria' wage war on the Tudor Collaborating Welsh Gentry and English Lords favoured by the Tudors as the Earls of Liecester and Somerset. 
Forestry Commission Waleswww.forestry.gov.uk/website/fchomepages.nsf/hp/WEEE - Cachedto Forestry Commission home page ... to Wales home page. About us ... A collage of people taking part in activities on Forestry Commission land ...

Forestry Commission - Wales - Woodlands for Wales – the 

Wales.

 

Woodlands for Wales – the Wales woodland strategy.
www.forestry.gov.uk/wwstrategy - Cached
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Forestry Commission - Hafren Forest - Source of the Severn Trail.

www.forestry.gov.uk/.../... - Cached.
to Forestry Commission home page ... This is part of the Pumlumon
 SSSI. The Source itself is marked by a large wooden post and lies at 620m, 2034ft 
Gwerin Owain Anti - Windmill Acivists in the Machynlleth, Pumlumon and Canol Cymru region of these parts might like to adopt the name of the main Outlaw Clan of this area, the Gwylliad Gochion.

  1. Red Bandits of Mawddwy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bandits_of_Mawddwy - Cached
    The Red Bandits of Mawddwy (Welsh: Gwylliaid Cochion Mawddwy) were a band of red-haired robbers, highwaymen or footpads from the area of Mawddwy in Mid ...

  2. BBC - Gogledd Orllewin - Gwylliaid Cochion Mawddwy

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    www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/gogleddorllewin/.../gwylliaid_cochion.shtml - Cached
    Hanes Gwylliaid Cochion Mawddwy, y criw o herwyr a fu'n weithgar yn ne Gwynedd a gogledd Powys yn y 16eg Ganrif. Yr hanes gan Lyn Ebenezer ar safle BBC ...

  3. Gwylliaid Cochion Mawddwy ('The Red Bandits of Mawddwy')

    www.eryri-npa.gov.uk › A Sense of Place › Myths and Legends - Cached
    Gwylliaid Cochion Mawddwy ('The Red Bandits of Mawddwy') ... Dinas Mawddwy area and they were known as 'Gwylliaid Cochion Mawddwy' or 'Gwylliaid y Dugoed'. ..

    1. I'R GAD: Welsh Medieval Battlefields Campaign.: The Revolt of ...

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      5 Jan 2008 ... The Southern troubles 1314 – 1318: Introduction to the 1315 Llywelyn BrenRebellion. See also my other post on a Welsh St Valentines Day ...
      brwydr.blogspot.com/.../revolt-of-llywelyn-bren-1316.html -Cached - Similar
      1. Twm Siôn Cati – Welsh Outlaw from Tregaron in Tudor times, ended up mayor of Brecon · James Hind – 17th century highwayman; John Clavell – English ...
      1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw -Cached - Similar



    1. 10 Feb 2007 ... Instead, in Wales, there occurred a rise in crime and outlawry as men took to the great woodlands to become “Adar y Griem”. ...
      welshpatriot.blogspot.com/.../cymru-1345-st-valentines-day-massacre.html -Cached - Similar
      Later 16th century 'Banditti Cambria' also in 16th century beginnings of a Land war and note a ''Tax Revolt'' in Dolgellau 1498, 16 century 'Arson War' in ...
      redremembrancer.blogspot.com/.../welsh-popular-struggles-and-strikes.html
            1. Too bad nothing came of the Gwerin Owain Free Festival (really hoping there!)
        1. perhaps next year make it a medieval 'dress up' like a Welsh Outlawgathering?
            1. C'mon lets make this cause, not so bloody boring and just about parades & pints!
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      19 Aug 2010 ... CAMPAIGN FOR A FREE FESTIVAL: GWYL RYDDGWERIN OWAIN VYRNWY AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY - THE LONGEST WEEKEND IN WELSH HISTORY? ...
      ymgyrch.blogspot.com/.../campaign-for-free-festival-gwyl-rydd.html -Cached
            1. Then there's the below:
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      1. This text explores the history of Welsh cowboys and outlaws in the Wild West, including Jesse James, Owen Roscomyl and Isaac Davies. ...
      1. www.amazon.co.uk/Welsh-Cowboys-Outlaws-Its.../0862436877 -Cached



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