The mystery of Bomium. Lost Roman town in Glamorgan | Ghost Towns of Britain ep 2 | Is it Cowbridge?

[@HawkofMae]

Very convincing theory. Great to see someone talking about how Glamorgan was a center of learning and culture in the fifth and sixth century. Its rare to see these facts brought to light.

[@GrahamLoveluck]

Thank you

[@garethbowen7128]

Very interesting topic and a delightful scarf to boot , bravo !

[@GrahamLoveluck]

Many thanks!

[@KatrinaKarp-i2m]

Thank you Graham - this one is my favourite yet of your videos! I was introduced to the name "Bovium" as a child by a man called David Jones, who had written a pamphlet proposing Olcastle Down as the site. Whilst I think this is unlikely, I find Oldcastle Down fascinating, and would love to hear anything you have discovered about it. Do you have any plans for a video exploring it?

[@GrahamLoveluck]

I will look into it. Thank you. And glad you enjoyed this one.

[@homuraakemi493]

Its really crazy to imagine the almost modern levels of organization romans had back in the day to be managing all this for so long

[@GrahamLoveluck]

It blows my mind

[@ronanlewis438]

Very interesting Graham. I have always wondered about the Romans in Dan-y-graig, Porthcawl and wondered if you could shed some light on this small topic

[@GrahamLoveluck]

Thank you. I will look into Dan y Graig further

[@itswilbur3747]

"No Officer, I wasn't tunneling under the bank to rob it, I was looking for a Roman Fort!"😂

[@GrahamLoveluck]

😂😂 They can’t touch you for it you know 😂😂

[@itswilbur3747]

@@GrahamLoveluck 🤣🤣🤣 Give it a couple of years, they'll have closed the branch and turned it into a coffee shop👍

[@GrahamLoveluck]

@@itswilbur3747 ain’t that the truth

[@lewisgriffiths694]

Enjoyed! Looking forward to the next installment. Would be great in the future if more gets unearthed.

[@GrahamLoveluck]

@@lewisgriffiths694 I’m glad you enjoyed it and I will try my best to bring exclusives where I can

[@criso6164]

Thanks Graham, really interesting, particularly as I live close to Cowbridge and Llantwit. My next walk through Cowbridge (or should I say Pont Bovine) will include a skirt around the medieval walls. Cheers.

[@GrahamLoveluck]

Happy to help

[@melysmelys2622]

Very interesting.

[@GrahamLoveluck]

Thank you

[@owenphillips9166]

Da iawn Graham, fascinating stuff. I do have a linguistic question though: When referring to place names in the Vale, how best to pronounce them? Please allow me to take two examples from your narration, your mentions of Boverton and Stalling Down. With your rendition, "Bover" would rhyme with "hover", and "stalling" sounds like what a car may do. As a lad growing up in Barry, with a dad from Llanmaes, I always heard Boverton pronounced as "Buvverton" (as if rhyming with "lover"); and Stalling would sound like "starling", as in the bird. I don't know the answer - we each have our own pronunciations, often reflecting our own backgrounds, but it would be a shame to loose the "Gileston"s of the Vale. And thinking of it, perhaps Boverton and Stalling Down had other pronunciations or names back in the days of the topic of your vid. As for Llantwit, and the shift from Ll to L, I shan't go there - could be an episode all of its own! Keep up the good work!

[@GrahamLoveluck]

Thank you. And you are right that there are so many variations on how we pronounce our place names. As the old joke goes, if you travel 10 miles in any direction in Wales you arrive in a place with a new word for “bread roll”

[@mac5325]

Very good video Graham, however the iternarium Atonine was not during the reign of Caesar Augustus aka Octavian (27bce - 14ce) but Antonius Pius (2nd century ce) who built the Atonine wall

[@GrahamLoveluck]

Thanks for the correction

[@18Ty]

Grayham with the fire 🔥

[@GrahamLoveluck]

Thanks 😊

[@williamrees6662]

Cambria wasn't the Roman name for Wales. There wasn't one, as Wales didn't exist as a concept until after the Anglo-Saxon invasions. Cambria is a later, Mediaeval name, derived from the Welsh 'Cymru'.

[@GrahamLoveluck]

Good point well made

[@honissabe]

Why keep showing the Britons as naked savages. They had a sophisticated society and the Silures heavily defeated the Romans at least 3 times which led to the Romas suing for peace at Caer-dydd - city of the agreement.

[@GrahamLoveluck]

Good point

[@mac5325]

Very good presentation Graham, but the Antonius, interariun was not conducted during the reign of Caesar Augustus aka Octavian (27bce to 14ce) but more likely Antonius Pius in the 2nd century it's true his title wouid have been Marcus Antonius Caesar Augustus, the Antonine wall wouid have been constructed in his time

[@petertruberg7508]

Very interesting but un watchable!

[@GrahamLoveluck]

Why?

[@petertruberg7508]

@@GrahamLoveluck Your talk to camera was doing strange things to my eyes, probably caused by the auto stabiliser.