Mererid Hopwood contemplates 850 years of Eisteddfod symbolism

Mererid Hopwood Much has been made this year of the 850th anniversary of our Eisteddfod tradition, culminating in a giant Arglwydd Rhys striding out of St David’s cathedral and marching on to Castell Aberteifi where a flotilla carrying poets, and thousands of spectators on dry ground, waited eagerly to welcome him home. It was in…