Craig Gwrtheyrn

Craig Gwrtheyrn (Vortigern's Rock), or Caer Gwrtheyrn (Vortigern's Castle), is associated with the 5th-century British warlord Vortigern. He may be mythical; there are various historical accounts written in subsequent centuries in which he seems to be described. According to one story (in Historia Brittonum, compiled in the 9th century) Vortigern, fleeing from St Germanus, built a castle on the River Teifi. A fire, brought from heaven by the prayers of St Germanus, who had followed him there, set the castle alight; Vortigern, his family and other inhabitants of the castle perished. There are other versions of Vortigern's death, and other places where it is claimed he was buried. It is not…