Mêdhnannin

Despite its name, the Midden or Medennin (S."Wet-vale-Waters") was not especially rank or foul-smelling.The a marshy swamp was divided in two by the Enn-Hir, in this stretch designated the Nog Mennin, broke away from the southernmost channel, by common consent thought to be the Onodló proper. On the south bank a strong levee had broken up and was reinforced by the King's dredgers. A slope of some 15' led down to the little- moving waters and creeks which drained into Midden Lake (Loeg Medennin), a patch of open water about 2 miles long and half a mile across. Two miles south of it was Bowater (Lin Ltiva), one of the main breeding grounds for cranes and grebes. North of the Nog Mennin, the marsh proper was narrower and criss- crossed by streams that exchanged water between the two major channels. The marshes were almost wholly waterlogged with no dry land, but there was little tall vegetation and the plants were thick enough to walk on in bogshoes.