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Ath Carpat

Also spelled: Ford of Chariots

The ford before Ath Lethan, named the Ford of Chariots after so many chariots were shattered there.

Overview

Ath Carpat is the ford before Ath Lethan. The text says so many chariots were shattered there in the fighting that the ford is still called the Ford of Chariots. Kinsella's route list gives the modern name as the Big Bridge in Dundalk.

Events here

  1. So many chariots are shattered in the fighting at the ford before Ath Lethan that it is still called Ath Carpat, the Ford of Chariots. In Chapter V: ‘Death death!’.