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• Anglesey
  |welsh=Sir Fôn ...the mainland of [[Great Britain]] by the [[Menai Strait]]. It is the only Welsh county without mountains.
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• Menai Strait
  ...trait is known as ''Arfon'', which means "by Anglesey", from ''Môn'', the Welsh name for the island. ...angerous areas of the strait is known as the Swellies (or Swillies – Welsh ''Pwll Ceris'') between the two bridges. Here rocks near the surface cause
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• Cardiganshire
  |welsh=Sir Aberteifi ''or'' Ceredigion The 50 miles of coastline have many sandy beaches with clear sea water of high quality. Along with [[Pembrokeshire]] and [[Cornwall]], Cardiganshi
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• Cornwall
  ...o the north coast, leaving just a mile of dry boundary before the Marsland Water carries the boundary to the sea again. Cornwall's only neighbouring county ...n times, into Cornwall. Cornwall is known in Cornish as ''Kernow'' and in Welsh as ''Cernyw'', which could be from a common Celtic root ''cern'', or the La
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• Cumberland
  ...by the Solway and the [[River Sark]], the [[Scots Dike]] and the [[Liddel Water]]. Westmorland lies to the south, separated from Cumberland by high mounta *[[Bassenthwaite Lake]] ''(the only body of water in the county actually bearing the name "Lake")''
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• Dunbartonshire
  By far the largest and most magnificent inland water of the county is [[Loch Lomond]], a border loch parting the shires of Dumba ...a belt of Lower Old Red Sandstone extending from the mouth of the Endrick Water south-westwards by Balloch to the shore of the Clyde west of Cardross. Stil
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• Dumfriesshire
  ...Longbridge Moor in the west, and Nutberry Moss in the east, all once under water, but now largely reclaimed. ...Ae]]) and the [[Moffat Water|Moffat]], the [[Dryfe Water|Dryfe]] and the [[Water of Milk]].
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• East Lothian
  ...the ravine in which it lies. The banks are wooded and picturesque, and the water abounds with trout. ...s as the tribe of the ''Votadanii'', little trace remains beyond a few Old Welsh elements in place names and their fortifications; circular camps are found
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• Kirkcudbrightshire
  ...ck Water of Dee - geograph.org.uk - 518741.jpg|Right|thumb|200px|The Black Water of Dee]] ...wness of the sea. Large stretches of sand are exposed in the Solway at low water and the rapid flow of the tide has often occasioned loss of life.
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• Orkney
  ...ers are connected to the National Grid via seabed cables running from open-water test berths. Testing takes place in a wide range of sea and weather conditi ...icts, understood to speak a variety of the old British language from which Welsh is descended, although no written records survive. No certain knowledge of
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• Radnorshire
  |welsh=Sir Faesyfed ...er with Brecknockshire contains several huge man-made reservoirs supplying water to [[Birmingham]]. The main rivers are the [[River Wye|Wye]], the [[River E
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• Somerset
  ...ellers, was named as the land reappeared from the waters every summer. In Welsh it is ''Gwlad yr Haf'': "Land of Summer". Somerset is ''Gwlad yr Haf'' in Welsh, which means "Land of Summer".
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• Staffordshire
  ...-Lichfield]] (''Caer Luitcoet'') in Staffordshire, which marked the end of Welsh rule in lowland Britain, confining the native Britons to the mountainous la *{{i-MuseumNotFree}} [[Brindley Water Mill]]
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• Stirlingshire
  ...ch Arklet]], in the north-west, a mile long, forming part of [[Glasgow]]'s water supply; ...d and this series is let down, as it is between Strathblane and the Carron Water. As in the neighbouring counties, this series consists of a lower limestone
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• West Lothian
  ...s, most of which forms the county border. Its right-hand tributary, Breich Water, constitutes another portion of the line dividing the same counties. The [ The only loch in West Lothian is Linlithgow Lake (a water of 102 acres), immediately adjoining the county town on the north, a favour
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• Whittington Castle
  It was a castle of the Welsh Marches in the unquiet days of the young Middle Ages, one of several fronti ...uter bailey of the castle had been two elaborate gardens and surrounded by water in the 14th century. This discovery was significant in that it proved the
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• Amlwch
  The name 'Amlwch' is Welsh for "around the inlet ''or'' creek".<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/whatsi ...mained and in 1953 a chemical plant was built to extract bromine from sea water for use in petrol engines, but this closed in 2004. The imminent closure of
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• County flowers
  ...Baldellia ranunculoides''||Native||[[File:BaldelliaRanunculoides.jpg|100px|Water-plantain]] ...tonia palustris''||Native||[[File:HottoniaPalustrisInflorescence.jpg|100px|Water-violet]]
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• Cwmbran
  ...[[Afon Llwyd]] forms the major river valley, although the most significant water course is probably the [[Monmouthshire Canal]]. To the east of Cwmbran the ...High School. There are numerous primary and nursery schools as well as the Welsh-medium school ''Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbrân''.
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• Chepstow
  ...iving stone castle in Britain, and for Chepstow Racecourse which hosts the Welsh Grand National. The majority of the town is on the west bank of the Wye; a ...ow, from the old English ''ceap / chepe stowe'' meaning market place. The Welsh name for the town, ''Cas-gwent'' (being short for ''Castell Gwent''), means
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