In Welsh folklore, the Lowland Hundred (Cantre'r Gwaelod in Welsh) was a tract of fertile land stretching northwards from Ramsey Island to Bardsey Island over what is now Cardigan Bay to the west of Wales. Its capital was Caer Wyddno, seat of the ruler Gwyddno Garanhir. For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... Folklore is the body of verbal expressive culture, including tales, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs current among a particular population, comprising the oral tradition of that culture, subculture, or group. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Ramsey Island lies one mile offshore of St Davids in Pembrokeshire, Wales. ... Bardsey Island (Welsh: Ynys Enlli) lies off the Lleyn peninsula, in north Wales. ... The term Cardigan Bay, when used by itself, can refer to: A horse called Cardigan Bay A bay in Wales called Cardigan Bay A bay in Prince Edward Island called Cardigan Bay This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... In Welsh mythology, Lord Gwyddno Garanhir of Gwynedd was the father of Elphin. ...

A hundred is an old administrative division below that of county. A hundred is an administrative division, frequently used in Europe and New England, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ...

It was defended from the sea by a dyke called Sarn Badrig (Saint Patrick's causeway), over which a Keeper of the Embankment held charge. One of these keepers, called Seithenyn, was a notorious drunkard and carouser, and it was through his negligence that the sea swept through the open floodgates, ruining the land. A dike (or dyke) is an earthen wall, constructed as a defence or as a boundary. ... Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (386–March 17, 493, see below) was a missionary and is regarded as the patron saint of Ireland (along with Saint Brigid and Saint Columba). ...

The ruins of a city were supposedly visible as late as 1770, when Wiliam Owen Pughe reported seeing sunken human habitations about four miles (6.4 km) off the Welsh coast, between the rivers Ystwyth and Teifi. 1770 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A mile is any of a number of units of distance, each in the magnitude of 1–10 km. ... A coastal beach in the Philippines. ... Da River Ystwyth (Afon Ystwyth in Welsh) iz a river ov mid west Wales. ... The River Teifi (Welsh: Afon Teifi) is a river in West Wales flowing into the sea below Cardigan town. ...

Some decades later, the Reverend James Yates presented a paper called A Notice of a Submarine Forest in Cardigan Bay, reporting the existence of submerged tree stumps "along the coast of Merionethshire and Cardiganshire, being divided into two parts by the estuary of the Dyfi, which separates those two counties. It is bounded on the land side by a sandy beach and a wall of shingles … Among the trees of which this forest consisted is the Pinus sylvestris, or Scotch Fir; and it is shown that this ancient tree once abounded in several Northern counties of England." Merionethshire (Meirionnydd in Welsh) is a traditional county of Wales. ... Cardiganshire (Sir Aberteifi in Welsh) was a traditional county in Wales that existed between 1282 and 1974. ... The River Dyfi (Afon Dyfi in Welsh) (also known in English as the River Dovey) is a river in mid Wales. ... Binomial name Pinus sylvestris L. The Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris; family Pinaceae) is a common tree ranging from Great Britain and Spain east to eastern Siberia and the Caucasus Mountains, and as far north as Lapland. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked...

The church bells of Cantre'r Gwaelod ring out in times of danger, according to a folk tradition.

There is some real basis to these stories. Submerged forests are found in Pembrokeshire at Aber Mawr, Aber Bach^[1], Whitestands Bay, Newgale, Freshwater East and Amroth amoungst other sites. The trees are not petrified, the land was historically peat bog, the acidic conditions preserving the trees before the land was inundated by rising sea levels at the end of the last ice age. Dating of submerged trees in Borth, Cardiganshire places them as early as 1500BC^[2]. In Tolkiens Middle-earth, Amroth was the name of an Elf of Lórien. ... In geology, petrifaction or petrification is the process by which organic material is converted into stone or a similar substance. ... Virgin boreal acid bogs at Browns Lake Bog, Ohio A bog is a wetland type that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... Borth is a small Welsh village about 7 miles north of Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion. ...

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