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Clas Myrddin

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Clas Myrddin, or Merlin's Enclosure, is an early name for Great Britain given in the Third Series of Welsh Triads.[1] It is implied that it is the oldest name, as opposed to "Albion", but the implication is not wholly credible.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rhys: Hibbert Lectures, p. 168.
  2. ^ Stephen Thomas Knight, Merlin: Knowledge and Power Through the Ages, p. 6