#11/[10] the (spring and) returning plank. (posts #s 32-33.)
“There is another wonderful thing in the above oft-mentioned region of Guent/Goeith. There is there a spring/well near (to) the wall/fence/valley of (the) pull/pwll/pool/well/putei/Puteus (of/namedby) Mouric/Meurig/Maurit/Mounc [Guardian], and timber/log in the middle of the spring/well, and men wash their hands together with their faces, and they have the timber beneath their feet when they wash – for instance I have both tried and seen it. When it is inundated by the sea, until the worst the Severn is extended over everything coastal, and covers, and all the way to the spring it is stretched out, and the spring is filled from the teared Severn, and draws the wood with itself all the way to the great sea, and throughout the space of three days on the sea it is turned upside-down, and on day four, in the above mentioned spring, it is found. It is also a fact that one from the countryside might have buried it in the earth to require it proved, and on day four it was found in the spring and the former rustic, he who concealed and buried it, was dead before the end of the month.” (- "Nennius".)
[Some say this may refer to the same wonder: "was said to have divinely sprung forth upon the old king/saint Tewdrig reaching that place. As he was being carried to his chosen burial place after being mortally wounded at battle with the Saxons. Tewdrig was taken on a bier pulled by 2 stags, and when "they came to a place near a meadow towards the Severn... a most clear fountain flowed, and the bier was completely broken"." (Bk of Llandav)]
The 'returning plank' Wonder seems to match (the font and wood church at) Richborough/Rutupis [city of the legion].
[Note that someone elses theory requires "likely", "not the same as in Nennius's", "magic".]
(i.) "guent/gwent/goeith" match (posts #s 31-33) : Guent/Gwent/Goeith could possibly match either: kent? wind (wonder # 9)? "white"? wight? "Gwent = between Usk & Wye", and Caerleon "city of legion" on Usk is western counterpart to "Nennius'"/our eastern 'city of the Legion' and Rutupi/Richborough. Gwent has been variously proposed to mean either "field", *venta "place [implying a region or area that was favourible for some purpose such as trading", "river" or "pleasant". Maybe compare: "Raglan, Gwent" of '12 Monasteries' list? 'urbs legionum'/"CaerlleononUsk" & 'Guentonia urbs'/'urbs Guenti'/"Caerwent" of 'Liber Landavensis'? ["guent & collon"...?] Guintonhi/"Winchester" (Prophecy of Merlin)?
(ii.) "Severn" (&/or teared) (posts #s 28-29 & 32-33) match: There is evidence that the "Severn/Sabrina/Habren/Sabre" was for more/other waters around Britain than just the modern Severn, eg: "the 7 mouths of the Severn" (and "the river Usk burn 7 months"). Sources say 2 (or 3) main/great rivers like arms of Britain Severn & Thames (& Humber / Tay / De). "'Severn' might have been the word for the tidal bore itself." "Locrin by Estrildis has [daughter] Sabre". Locrin (Loegria) may link with Logres/'city of lions'? [and/or with lake Lucrinus famous for oysters (like Rutupi)?] ("Locrin possessed the middle part" ~ Richborough [city of the legion] is middle of 3x3 battle sites?) [Severn ~ seven?? Severn ~ Severus?? estrildis ~ stour??] Caerosc/'the city of legions' on usk near Severn is western counterpart/analogy of "Nennius'"/our eastern 'city of the legion' and Rutupi/Richborough (where was legio ii Augusta from Caerleon). We have shown/seen that the number of Wonders that connect with "Severn" all each match with some of our 9 battle sites in the south-east, and that both Linn Liuan ("Severn") and the returning plank ("Severn") both connect with Richborough [city of the legion]. [And/or, "the river Stour has cut away its north-eastern wall"??]
"guent" & "severn": there seem to be plenty of analogies/reminiscent-namesakes/mirror-sites in the 12 battles and the Wonders ("linnuis", "caledon/celidon", "cit of the legion"/"caerleon", "bath", "lomond", "severn", "gwent").
(iii.) timber/plank/wood/log match: may match the wood(en) church at Richborough/Rutupis? And/or compare Woodnesborough? A Roman source thought Rutupi was a wood? Someone else said the wood could be from Tewdrig's bier but see below.
(iv.) spring/pool/well/puteus match: may match the font at Richborough/Rutupiae? [well = fons?] (Compare Pont-Stephen/Lampeter?)
(v.) "inundated by sea" / "extended over everything coastal" (&/or teared) match: The "silting-up of the Wantsum[-Stour] channel which once made Thanet an island. Rutupi fort "stood on an island within" the Wantsum(-Stour) channel. Rutupi was a port. "Rutupiae has been left high and dry by the sea". Sandwich was a port, "harbour silted up 16th cent". Sandwich "is now 2 miles from the sea". See our post on Linn Liuan [post # ****] (& Ebbsfleet?)
(vi.) former rustic match: the "one from the countryside" or "former rustic" might possibly match with the *city* of the Legions / city of Rutupi?
(vii.) order/numbers match: This Wonder (11/10 returning plank) seems to match Richborough [city of the legion]. The previous Wonder (10/9 levitating altar) seems to match Reculver [Bassas]. The next Wonder (12/11 cabal's cairn) seems to match Medway megalith(s) / the Weald [Celidon] , [we doubt the alternative possibility of Harold's earthwork [Guinnion].] There is no common connections (and/or numbers/orders, strategic, etc matches) between all the "simplest" orthodox namesake west/north sites all over Britain. Our south-east 9 sites has the only best match and common connection.
(viii.) written by "Nennius" (posts #s 28-30) : The HB & Wonders are disputed whether written by "Nennius" or not or who. Even who "Nennius" was (and when "Nennius"/HB was) seems to have some uncertainty/debate? I have not seen that there is any equal/better clear evidence why it is "considered" that "Nennius" (&/or the battle sites &/or Wonders) was (always) (only) in Wales/West. And whereever he was, we have shown that all the 9 battle sites of "Nennius" match the 9 south east "Saxon Shore" sites, and we have shown that some/many/most/all of the Wonders also "coincidentally" match the same 9 south-east sites from Yarmouth to Portsmouth/Southampton (and some are positively stark and it is beyond me how they can be ignored/dismissed/denied). One can either locate the Wonders (to/and/then locate "Nennius") as we have, &/or one can locate "Nennius" (to/and/then locate the Wonders) as they try/claim. Maybe we have to do both to convince people since no one seems to accept any of the Stark positive matches of Wonders with our sites. (I have a list of candidates for "Nennius" but i really need to go and do other things now, i have wasted far too much time on all this for Nothing but negatives and it could still take ages to get upto the excessive highest maximum "standards" orthodox academics and everyone demand.)
(ix.) other matches: Is it "coincidence" or confirmation that the Wonders which we had found to seem certainly to match Richborough [city of the legion], we also afterwards found they are all 4 omitted in the Irish version?
puteus not pwll?
llandav ~ evidence david connections with south east, eg david of merlin's town caerleon? (See full list in our 12 battles paper.)
For the Tewdrig story/quote perhaps note that it says he fought the Saxons, and that his story end seems similar to "Arthur" and to our Lyonesse/Camlan/Avalon candidates/scenario, and similar to St Levan. His story also recalls "Uther" who died at "St Albans" which is Dover/Guinnion [and/or I'm not sure if could connect with that some think that Vortimers cenotaph was at Richborough?] The Tewdrig story recalls both the levitating altar and the returning plank which are next to each other.
The main candidates of others &/or ours ("from reasonible to absurd") for the returning plank include: font at Richborough? Badon/Bath? the Wash? ribs/timbers Tribruit (Pa Gur)? paddleswood (shepway)? ospringe (swale)? maurice tiberius (Sutton Hoo)? Havant (spring)? Severn river/sea? Bradwell-on-sea &/or Mersey island [Dubglas]? Margate/Reculver (half carried away by sea, Mary)? Pwllmeyric/Pill Merrick (close to Mathern, next to stream Meurig/Mounton brook, water by the church, associated with king Meyric/Meurig, well dedicated to Meurig's father St Tewdric, near the junction of the Wye and Severn, s.e. Wales)? Gwent? pen y ghent (Yorks/Lancs)? (inis-)Gueith/ynys_Gwent? Meurig brook/Mounton brook & St Pierre's Pill inlet ~ Pull Muric/pul Muryc/Pool Merrick/Pill Merrick (ch llandav, Severn, bk llandav)? Derguentid? porth Ys(g)ewin Y Gwent? gwyn/venedocia/guenet/gwynez (conwy)? Pont-Stephen/Lampeter? The Welsh site/tradition is just an analogy/namesake/mirror-site, further study of which may give more evidence of/for match with Richborough.
sources returning plank in incl: nennius; [bk of llandaff?]; (mythology?); locals.