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Bendigeidfran, the Giant King

Harlech, Gwynedd

A giant who waded across the Irish Sea to rescue his sister.

In the Welsh Mabinogion, Bendigeidfran (Bran the Blessed) was a giant king of Britain, too big to fit in any house. When his sister Branwen was mistreated in Ireland, he waded across the sea with his fleet.

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Hill figures & giants

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The statue 'The Two Kings' stands near Harlech Castle.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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