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According to p93 of "A Welsh Classical Dictionary", Meigen was in Wales:
In 633 Cadwallon, supported by Penda, fought a battle against Edwin at a place called Haethfelth in which Edwin was slain and his army destroyed or scattered
A WELSH CLASSICAL DICTIONARY93(Bede, Hist. Eccles.,II.20). The Historia Brittonum (§61) and AC (s.a. 630, ante-dated) call the place Meicen [Meigen]. This place is mentioned as the site of another of Cadwallon's battles in the above mentioned poem from the Red Book of Hergest (Stanza 5):
The camp of Cadwallon on the Severn,
and on the other side of the river Dygen,
almost burning Meigen.
Meigen was a place near Welshpool, agreeing with the poem, but Haethfelth is probably Hatfield Chase in Yorkshire. On the whole it seems most likely that HB (followed by AC) has confused one of Cadwallon's lesser victories with that at Haethfelth (TYP pp.151-2)
https://www.llgc.org.uk/fileadmin/fileadmin/docs_gwefan/casgliadau/Drych_Digidol/Deunydd_print/Welsh_Classical_Dictionary/03_C1.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.0.203.156 (talk) 21:40, 24 December 2020 (UTC)