The Cornovii is the name by which two, or three, tribes were known in Roman Britain. [1] One tribe was in the area centred on present-day Shropshire , one was in Caithness in northernmost Scotland, and there was probably one in Cornwall .

The Cornovīī (Common Brittonic: * Cornowī) were a Celtic people of the Iron Age and Roman Britain, who lived principally in the modern English counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, north Staffordshire, north Herefordshire and eastern parts of the Welsh counties of Flintshire, Powys and Wrexham. [1][2] Their capital in pre-Roman times was probably a ...

Late in the same century, the only known British military unit, the First Cohort of Cornovii (Cohors Primae Cornoviorum), can be found serving at the Pons Aelius (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) garrison at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.

The Cornovii is a name for a tribe presumed to have been part of the Dumnonii, [1] [2] a Celtic tribe inhabiting the south-west peninsula of Great Britain, during some part of the Iron Age, Roman and post-Roman periods. [3]

Quite often the Cornovii are lumped together with the Dumnonii in descriptions or maps, and can even escape mention altogether (see the map of Europe's tribes around the first centuries BC and AD to view these locations in relation to all other Celts).

The Cornovii tribal lands encompassed the modern county of Shropshire along with considerable portions of southern Cheshire, western Staffordshire, the West Midlands and eastern Clwyd, also including small portions of north-east Powys and northern Hereford & Worcester.

The Cornovii were distinguished as the only British tribe allowed to manufacture and carry arms. There are records of Cornovii auxiliary soldiers and campaigns in the Roman record known as the ‘Notarium’.

The name Cornovii is the name of the Celtic tribe which inhabited the area we hold our gatherings in, Worcestershire. We meet to celebrate the 8 pagan festivals through the year. What is a Druid Grove?

Aug 13, 2009 · The Cornovii were an early pastoral people whom, during Roman occupation of Britain in the 4th and 5th centuries played an integral role in Rome's dominance, garrisoning the eastern terminus of Hadrian's wall.

T he Cornovii were a Celtic people of Iron Age and Roman Britain, who lived principally in the modern English counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, north Staffordshire, north Herefordshire and eastern parts of the Welsh county of Powys. Their capital in pre-Roman times was probably a hill fort on The Wrekin.