Tre'r Ceiri
‘Roman occupation of Cymru was mainly military except for … in
the southeast, where the élite lived in villas and corn was grown.
Most people still had subsistence settlements, and in remote areas,
Iron Age forts and roundhouses remained occupied by British
speakers of Celtic languages. … Roman collapse had less impact in
Cymru than in England, where Latin language and Roman culture
had been assimilated. In Cymru, Brittany, Cornwall and Scotland,
the Brittonic language remained dominant with just a smattering of
Latin terms. And Pen Llŷn and Sir Benfro had been largely outside
Roman influence. Wolf, wild boar, wildcat, and deer still roamed.’
VI
excerpt from The Edge of Cymru