The Dark Ages and The Viking Settlement
During this period little is known. It is speculated that perhaps for long periods, raiders attacked the area, making Cardiff untenable, The first written mention of Cardiff is made in the Annales Cambriae (The Welsh Annals) in 445. By 850 the Vikings attacked the Welsh coast and used Cardiff as a base and later as a port. Street names such as Dumballs Road and Womanby Street come from the Vikings.
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