Talk:Meicen

According to p93 of "A Welsh Classical Dictionary", Meigen was in Wales:

In 633 Cadwallon, supported by Penda, fought a battle against Edwin at a place called Haethfelth in which Edwin was slain and his army destroyed or scattered A WELSH CLASSICAL DICTIONARY93(Bede, Hist. Eccles.,II.20). The Historia  Brittonum  (§61)  and  AC  (s.a.  630,  ante-dated)  call  the  place Meicen  [Meigen]. This place  is  mentioned  as  the  site  of  another  of  Cadwallon's  battles  in  the  above mentioned poem from the Red Book of Hergest (Stanza 5): The camp of Cadwallon on the Severn, and on the other side of the river Dygen, almost burning Meigen. Meigen was a place near Welshpool, agreeing with the poem, but Haethfelth is probably Hatfield Chase in Yorkshire. On the  whole  it  seems  most  likely  that  HB  (followed  by  AC)  has  confused  one  of Cadwallon's lesser victories with that at Haethfelth (TYP pp.151-2)

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