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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

Medieval map may show evidence of Wales’ Atlantis

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The oldest surviving map of Great Britain could provide evidence of a lost land, enshrined in legend for centuries, dubbed the Welsh Atlantis.

For more than 700 years, tales have been written of the missing land at Cardigan Bay, which according to the legend of Cantre'r Gwaelod was swallowed by the sea after the priestess of a fairy well allowed it to overflow.

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