Re: [tied] Galicia revisited

Some apparently did. A "Britonienstis ecclesiae episcopus" called Mailoc is mentioned as a participant of the Synod of Braga (Portugal) in 572. Some of the Atlantic rias in Galicia look just like the cliffs of Cornwall, and I'm sure emigré Brythons felt quite at home there. It's difficult to tell which layer of Celticity is responsible for which traits of Galician culture (I saw the impressive ruins of a Celtic "castro" with beehive-like granite houses from the 2nd century BC on Mt Santa Tegra near A Guardia), but Galicians do have very Celtic-sounding bagpipe music and the local jewellery is all jet on silver with intricate knotty designs.

Piotr

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From: David James

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Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 8:20 PM

Subject: [tied] Galicia revisited

Some weeks ago I asked why some vestiges of Celtic culture had survived in the north west of the Iberian peninsular, while it had apparently died out elsewhere. When the Saxons pressed westwards into south western Britain there was a migration across the English Channel to what is now Britanny. Is there any evidence that migrants also settled in north west Spain from Britain, and could this have reinforced Celtic culture there? Regards David James