The battle that permanently separated the Welsh of Wales from the Britons of the south-west (Cornwall/Devon). Ceawlin of Wessex killed three British kings and seized the old Roman towns of Gloucester, Cirencester and Bath. The Severn estuary became the border. Welsh tradition records this as a catastrophic defeat — the point at which Wales became an island of Welshness surrounded by Saxon-occupied territory. Though fought in Gloucestershire, the consequences shaped Wales fundamentally.
Three British kings (Coinmail, Condidan, Farinmail) killed
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