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Maen Huail

St Peter's Square, Ruthin, Denbighshire

The stone on which King Arthur beheaded a rival.

In Ruthin's main square is a large stone called Maen Huail. Legend says that Huail, brother of the monk Gildas, mocked King Arthur's limp after a fight over a woman.

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When
Legend
Where
53.1150, -3.3110
Group
Hill figures & giants

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Outside a bank on St Peter's Square, with a plaque.

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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