Ceredigion, Alba and Brunanburh, A.D. 933-937
King Hywel sat in the library in his palace and reflected on his situation. He had wearied himself organising his new capital and, concerning the development of his chosen burhs, he could do nothing except maintain the funding for his masons or make a surprise visit to inspect progress. Master Tegyn had employed hundreds of quarrymen on Caldey Island. As a result, he soon finished the defences there and work on the first fort by the Teifi had begun at Ceredigion.
Hywel sighed, despite the pleasing development at the other sites, he was bored. A visit to the court of Aethelstan was long overdue as he wished to maintain the friendliest of relations with the King of Wessex. Other Welsh princes resented the heavy tribute imposed by the Saxons at
