The Battle At River Glein
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Two potential sites of the battle!
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693 Caerlon
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691 Gaheris
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692 Accolon
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259 Mordred
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695 Tristan
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260 Lancelot
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261 Gawaine
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548 Sir Cei
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100 Camelot Roads
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564 Castle Chambers
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Nennius and others state that Arthur's first battle was at the mouth of the river called Glein. This has been tentatively identified as one of the two Rivers Glen in Britain today, one in Lincolnshire and one in Northumberland. Unfortunately, Glen stems from the Celtic for "pure", so there were probably many rivers thus named in 6th century Britain. A battle at the former would have presumably been against the first Bernician settlers and at the latter against the northward moving East Anglians. Either could be attributed to King Arthuis of the Pennines. |