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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Carreg Coetan Arthur Burial Chamber is in Newport, Pembrokeshire, Prehistoric Wales Neolithic Burials.
Carreg Coetan Arthur Burial Chamber [Map]. Coflein: "is the most coastal of the group of Nevern valley chambered tombs, often categorised as belonging to the Irish Sea portal dolmen tradition... In 1979-80 excavations were undertaken over three seasons to ensure that the full extent of the site was protected from an adjacent housing development... Excavations tested the extent of the preservation of the cairn and chamber interior. The site had been substantially disturbed by cultivation and human and rodent interference, but remnants of an old ground surface protected by a covering of redeposited subsoil survived outside the south and east side of the chamber, below which lay one complete quartz-tempered round-bottomed Developed Bowl inverted on a prepared 'paved' surface and associated with cremated bone and charcoal which gave a date of c. 3650-3020 cal. BC.' Edited from Rees, S. 2012. page 51."
Archaeologia Cambrensis 1872 Pages 81-143. If the cromlech [Carreg Coetan Arthur Burial Chamber [Map]] close to the town of Newport does not present so imposing an appearance, from its magnitude, it is not inferior in interest, from its well preserved condition. The chamber measures 5 ft. 6 ins, by 4 ft. 6 ins. The capstone is 10 ft. by nearly 9, and is from 3 to 3½ ft. thick. It stands only on two of the four upright stones. Remains of a tumulus or carn still exist. It is called "Careg Coetan," and is associated with the name of Arthur.