“The8th/Thereisanother wonder(ful thing) in the district/region/area whichiscalled/of Guent (Gwent)/Goeith. Which/There is(, in that place,) a cleft/cave/hole/pit/fovea(,) from which blows (out) (the/a) wind allthe/thewhole time without intermission/interruption./, And when (the) wind (does) no(t) blow(s) in (the) season/time (of) summer, from that/this pit/hole it doesnotstop/incessantly blows/blowing, so/such that no-one can/isableto stand/put up withitnor/in face/front (of) the depth(s) (of the) hole/pit’s. And thenameof/called it is ‘Vith/with/chwyth Gwint/Guint/gwynt’ / Hwinguint/Hinthguint ['Chwyth Gwynt' "Blast/Breath Wind"] in the Briton’s/British speech/language, but/and in Latin (also) (flatio vente/venti,) “(The) Blow(ing) Wind”. It is a great wonder thatthe/this wind blows from the earth.” (- "Nennius"/'HB'.)
We are not sure of the correct match for this Wonder. Of the candidates listed below the most likely are: - hypocaust & hole of Dover painted house (Kent, though may be a problem that not match Hodnant valley of Vita Iltud?) [Guinnion.] - Margate/Chislehurst/Birchington caves (Kent, wonders 9 & 10 could be a pair, though they say the 2 caves of Vita Iltud are different?) [Bassas.] - Guith Avon street / Guith valley (Essex, maybe compare Hodnant of Vita Iltud & of 12 Monasteries?) [Dubglas.] - buttsole (Kent, though not sure of the etymology/toponomy?) [city of the legion.]
For the orthodox candidate note they say : "though one could argue doesn't blow from the earth"; "isn't actually any record of"; "very speculative"; "there aren't any caves that match this description in Gwent now".
(i.) "Guent" match: The orthodox can not assert that Guent can only match Gwent and not any other place/name/meaning/source/anaolgy (see the introduction on "Nennius" & Welsh analogies/namesakes). "Guent/Gwent/Goeith" of this Wonder and of the 'returning plank' Wonder could be either: Kent? "wind/vent"? "white" (Downs, Dover, Albion, Guinnion, Breguoin, "Snowdon")? 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 gwellt "grass"/"field", *uenta/*venta/gwent "field"/"place [implying a region or area that was favourible for some purpose such as trading]"/"marketplace", or "river", or *Ven/gw?n "smile"/"pleasant". Maybe compare: "Raglan, Gwent" (of '12 Monasteries' list) (which may match Reculver [Bassas])? 'urbs legionum'/"CaerlleononUsk" & 'Guentonia urbs'/'urbs Guenti'/"Caerwent" of 'Liber Landavensis'? ["guent & collon"...?] Guintonhi/"Winchester" (Prophecy of Merlin)? Cargueit/Warguit (Arthgal, 11 Consuls)? Derguentid/Dereunet/Darent/Derwent (one of Vortimer's 4 battle sites)? (There seem to be quite a few analogies/namesakes/mirror-sites in the Wonders and the 9 battle sites of "Nennius" eg "Linnuis", "celidon", city of the legion/"caerleon", "severn", "gwent".)
The main candidates for wind hole/cave include: cave Tintagel (Cornwall) [may match cave Thanet area]? Cair Gwinntguic/Venta (Belgarum)/Caerwent/Winchester (on the Antona)? buttsole Near Eastry? eldon hole? hypocaust & hole in floor of Dover Painted House [Guinnion]? Hollington? bat cave? gaping Ghyll/potholes pen Y ghent Yorks/Lancs? Margate caves/Vortigerns cave/chislehurst/Chiselhurst caves (Merlin)? caves Birchington? Hodnant valley ("blowing wind" vita Iltud)? Windover? window? st Clements cave (westhill, Hastings)? sarum exposed to the wind? cave Ceredigion/cave Edilv (Sts lives)? (inis-)gueith/ynys_Gwent? holes & caves of the earth" (camp in Cair/city Trigguid / men of Gwrynydd)? Ventnor (Wight)? Llinwent (near Llanbister)? Arddunwent (near Mold)?* Guith Avon street / Guith valley (Essex)? cave of next/10th wonder? Mithra (London)? gwent? vindogladia? 2 caves Eglwys Faen ("known of for a long time") & Pwll y Gwynt ("pool of the wind", Llangattock escarpment, Gwent, South Wales)? Pwll y Gwynt / the windhole (on the cliffs next to The Flats, east of Ogmore-by-sea)? Ogof Draenen (across a dividing valley)? ice cold cave Dover? kent/sussex caves (ref kurg.org)? Wookey hole (Somerset)? Windmill Hill cave (Devon)? Thor's cave (Staffs)? Victoria cave (Yorks)? Paviland (cave, Gower/Glamorgan)? Oldbury Hill (cave, Kent)? King Arthur's cave (Ross on Wye, Herefords)? Kent's cavern (Torquay, Devon)? Gough's cave (Somerset)? Aveline's hole (Somerset)? Cheddar gorge (caves, Somerset)? Cresswell crags (caves, Derby)? vindomis/calleva? caer Wynt? Ramsgate ("ravens gap/gate (in the cliffs)")? Gut Hole (Stratford, Gower)? cave in Tythegston Quarry? Derwent~Derguentid (HB)? porth Ys(g)ewin Y Gwent? gwyn/venedocia/guenet/gwynez (conwy)? windmills Sandwich? 'Summer Country'/"Somerset" (Melwas)? Wynd Cliff?* "Caerwent" (lai Ywenec)? "castle of windsor" (Round Table, Yseut) [Guinnion/Dover]?*
sources the wind hole/cave mentioned in: "Nennius"; [may possibly be "blowing wind" in saints lives.]