New Mapping The Medieval City

City Witness is a projection which aims to farther our agreement of the medieval history of the Welsh town of Swansea. Part of this projection has been to essay together with reconstruct a map of the medieval town.

Using a combination of historic maps together with written together with archaeological records the projection has tried to map the town’s medieval layout together with urban features. The Medieval Swansea Map overlays the newly created medieval map of the town on superlative of the modern (MapQuest) map using Leaflet,js.

If you lot select the 'interaction' together with 'label' options inward the map sidebar you lot tin select features on the map to larn to a greater extent than close the medieval town. The map every bit good includes the choice to sentiment witness routes, stories together with sight-lines, recounting the miracle of William Cragh.

Much of what is known close medieval Swansea comes from a Vatican manuscript, 'Vatican MS Lat. 4015'. The manuscript contains witness statements of 'the miracle of the resuscitation of the twice-hanged William Cragh'. The witness statements render start manus accounts of how William Cragh was twice hanged, amongst roughly other man, Trahaearn ap Hywel, together with thus after came dorsum to life.

William was hanged first. However when the 'big together with heavy' Trahaearn was thus hanged from the same gallows his weight caused the gallows to break. Both men were thus hanged again. After the minute hanging William's torso was taken to the identify of a Thomas Mathews, where a piffling after William came dorsum to life.