Dating back to the eigth century, Offa's Dyke is a tangible sign of the emergence of a distinct Welsh identity. An earth structure, it was built by King Offa of Mercia, and at 270km long, it passed ...

Even in southern Scotland, most of the Brythonic or Welsh kingdoms came under English or Anglian control. Yet before that happened, those kingdoms produced the first surviving body of literature ...

However, the Vikings never took control of Wales or overcame the powers of the Welsh kings. Notably Rhodri The Great, ruler of Gwynedd, defeated the Danes in 856, a famous victory which earned him ...