Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GWYNEDD

GWYNEDD, an ancient territory, generally identical with North Wales. It was the country of the Ordovices, and was called Venedotia by the Romans.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an ancient territory"   (ADL Feature Type: "political areas")
Administrative units: Wales Dep
Place: Gwynedd

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