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10 Apr 2013

Island of Glass

The community of Merthyr Tydfil is premiering a new opera Ynys Gwydr: The Island of Glass, telling a little-known story from its early medieval history.

Inspired by the work of archaeologists from the University’s School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Llangorse Lake near Brecon, the opera tells the tenth century tale of the mysterious destruction of the royal court of the Kings of Brycheiniog, built on a man-made island (crannog) in Llangorse Lake.

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