INTRODUCTION.

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At moment, the title of this blog and other brief detail noted above, explains much. Suffice then to say that this introduction as some of the posts I am provisionally publishing are in development. It will be much added to over the comming year but for moment my main concern is to provide a little content, so that you become aware of existence of blog and indication of material you will come to find therein in time.

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Pilleth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilleth    -  Block all en.wikipedia.org results Jump to  Battle of Bryn Glas ‎: On 22 June 1402 during the battle of  Battle of Bryn Glas , the Welsh forces ... View of the Bryn Glas Battle Site In reply to below letter, see my letter in reply published in Western Mail but as this was edited, I include full unedited version in this post too. In this post as well photos of the Bryn Glas Battle site I recently visited, photos show what can be achieved by local effort here down to the Friends of Pilleth. However, must point out that Gethin Gruffydd and Toni Lewis had started to promote this Battle Site in the 'Sixties' and there is film of them visiting. As well Cofiwn in the 'Seventies' held events here and put up a provisional wooden plaque though today there has been made vast improvements to the site and it is indeed worth visiting. If all patriots in their communities did as the Friends of Pillleth
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