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The Dumnonii is the Latin name for a Celtic tribe that inhabited the Westcountry of England. A Celtic cross. ... The term Westcountry could to refer one of two things: The South West England ITV franchise holder: Westcountry Television. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...


Their territory spanned Somerset, Devon and Cornwall with further holdings in Dorset. They were possibly the most powerful of all the British Celtic tribes. It is also possible that the Dumnonii held some Breton land at some point. The name of Dumnonia in Celtic is Dunein or Dyfnaint (the latter is more accurately used just for Devon). Cornwall is called Cernyw in Welsh. They appear to have had a presence also in Ireland, as shown by the presence of a people called the Fir Domnann in the province of Connacht. Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Motto: Onan hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Englands Great Toe Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Administrative county Traditional county Duchy of Cornwall Region South West England Area - Total - Admin. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical duchy and French province, as well as the cultural area of Brittany. ... Celtic languages are the languages spoken by the ancient Celts and their modern descendants, the Gaels, Welsh, Cornish and Bretons. ... Fir Domnann was an ancient Irish tribe or people located in the west of Connacht, in what is now the Erris Peninsula in County Mayo. ... Connaught redirects here. ...


Originally their capital would have been at Exeter (known to the Romans as "Isca" but to the Britons as "Caeresk"), and there is evidence that the Celts continued to live in Exeter until (at least) the tenth century as equals with the newer Saxon arrivals. A part of Exeter retained the title 'Little Britain' until the eighteenth century. A number of other places have taken their names from Exeter The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43 25 N, 3° 31 39 W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... A map showing the general locations of the major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms The Anglo-Saxons were a group of Germanic tribes from Angeln—a peninsula in the southern part of Schleswig, protruding into the Baltic Sea, and what is now Lower Saxony, in the north-west coast of Germany—who...


Dumnonia was believed by some to be effectively a collection of sub-kingdoms. As the eastern boundary of Brythonic Dumnonia receded to the west, many believe that the tribe's history eventually became indistinguishable from that of the Kingdom of Cornwall. The Kingdom of Kernyw existed during the Dark Ages in Britains southwestern peninsula. ...


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Dumnonii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (199 words)
The Dumnonii is the Latin name for a Celtic tribe which occupied the SW of England prior to the advent of the Romans.
It is also possible that the Dumnonii held some Breton land at some point since part was known as Domnonee.
Originally their capital would have been at Exeter (known to the Romans as "Isca Dumnonii" but to the Britons as "Caeresk"), and there is evidence that the Celts continued to live in Exeter until (at least) the tenth century as equals with the newer Saxon arrivals.
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Isca Dumnoniorum - The Riverside Settlement of the Dumnonii
The Dumnonii tribe occupied the area now contained within the modern counties of Devon and Cornwall in the extreme south-western part of England.
For a long time the passage in Ptolemy (vide supra) which placed Legio II Augusta within the lands of the Dumnonii was thought to be in error, whereby the ancient author had mistakenly copied the data for Isca Silurum in South Wales, where a legionary base of the Second was positively known to be situated.
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