Talk:Caerwent

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[edit] Market town

The market town article says that such towns were a medieval creation. Anyone want to set the world straight? GreatWhiteNortherner 23:35, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Caerwent = Winchester

A non-user (82.110.109.214) deleted the statement that Caerwent would translate into Winchester. My reference is the respected EBK website - to be precise, their article on Caerwent. It states somewhere near the middle that if its name were translated from the Welsh (Old Welsh, of course) into English, its name would be Winchester. I'm going to re-add it, as the editor gave no reasons. He can argue it here. --Narfil Palùrfalas 21:21, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

I have deleted the suggestion that "Winchester" could be a translation of the name "Caerwent". The direct translation from Welsh to English is "Fort of Gwent", "Caer" meaning fort and "Went" being the soft mutated form of "Gwent", the region of south-east Wales. Narfil; I have looked at the EBK website you cite but am not convinced. It quotes another source - somebody desperately attempting to forge a link between Caerwent and Camelot! If you wish to un-do my alteration, please quote the original source in the article. Above comment added by User:Rhys jw, 13:54, 28 October 2006

Very well. Might as well be conservative on this point. I'm not defending the site's information as I have no assurance as to its reliability (though it is highly recommended and a part of a Arthurian Britain research group). It presents arguments for many other cities/forts as well being Camelot. --Narfil Palùrfalas 23:09, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I've reinstated and expanded the references to Caerwent being synonymous, in terms of derivation, with Winchester, and hopefully clarified it and its relationship with the material on Arthur. Yes, Caerwent means "fort of Gwent", but the word "Gwent" itself derives from "Venta". Also referenced other sources.Ghmyrtle (talk) 14:14, 21 April 2008 (UTC)