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Ludgate was the westernmost gate in London Wall . The name survives in Ludgate Hill , an eastward continuation of Fleet Street , Ludgate Circus and Ludgate Square . Welsh mythology consists of both folk traditions developed in Wales , and traditions developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first ___MASK33___ . Like most predominately oral societies found in the prehistoric Britain , Welsh mythology and history was recorded orally by specialists such as druids . This oral record has been lost or altered as result of outside contact and invasion over the years . Much of this altered mythology and history are preserved in medieval Welsh manuscripts which include the Red Book of Hergest , the White Book of Rhydderch , the Book of Aneirin and the Book of Taliesin . Other works connected to Welsh mythology include the ninth century Latin historical compilation " Historia Brittonum " (" History of the Britons ") and Geoffrey of Monmouth ' s twelfth - century Latin chronicle , " ___MASK64___ " (" History of the Kings of Britain ") as well as later folklore such as the 1908 " The Welsh Fairy Book " by William Jenkyn Thomas . Lludd Llaw Ereint , " Lludd of the Silver Hand ", son of Beli Mawr , is a legendary hero from Welsh mythology . As Nudd Llaw Ereint ( the earlier form of his name , cognate of the Irish Nuada Airgetlám , derived from the pre - Roman Celtic god Nodens ) he is the father of Gwyn ap Nudd . He is probably the source of king Lud from Geoffrey of Monmouth ' s History of the Kings of Britain . The Tuath ( a ) Dé Danann ( usually translated as " people ( s )/ tribe ( s ) of the goddess Danu "), also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé (" tribe of the gods "), are a ___MASK47___ race in Irish mythology . They are thought to represent the main deities of pre - Christian Gaelic Ireland . Lud ( Welsh : Lludd map Beli Mawr ) , according to Geoffrey of Monmouth ' s legendary History of the Kings of Britain and related medieval texts , was a king of Britain in pre - Roman times who founded London and was buried at Ludgate . He was the eldest son of Geoffrey ' s King Heli , and succeeded his father to the throne . He was succeeded , in turn , by his brother Cassibelanus . Lud may be connected with the Welsh mythological figure Lludd Llaw Eraint , earlier Nudd Llaw Eraint , cognate with the Irish Nuada Airgetlám , a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann , and the Brittonic god Nodens . However , he was a separate figure in Welsh tradition and is usually treated as such . Ludgate Hill is a hill in the City of London , near the old Ludgate , a gate to the City that was ___MASK41___ down , with its attached gaol , in 1780 . It is the site of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , traditionally said to have been the site of a Roman temple of the goddess Diana . It is one of the three ancient hills of London , the others being Tower Hill and Cornhill . The highest point is just north of St . Paul ' s , at above sea level . Ludgate Hill is also the name of a street which runs between St . Paul ' s Churchyard and Ludgate Circus ( built in 1864 ), from where it becomes Fleet Street . It was formerly a much narrower street called Ludgate Street .