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The very yew trees in the churchyard bore out the air of desolation that hangs 

 on the place, — two were dead and bare, and the others, ragged and worn, seemed 

 scarcely able to sustain their existence. The way was taken by them, and across 

 the hill by the farm house, Pcrlhi crwn, to a little upland district, between the 

 Cwmyoy valley and Trewyn, called Crocs Lwyd, or the Grey Cross. A cross is 

 said to have stood here in the 14th century, and a monk relates that when on a 

 pilgrimage to the Abbey of Llanthony, as he laid down at the foot of the cross 

 he heard the bells chime at the Abbey. Near where the old cross is supposed to 

 have stood, some good charitable soul has erected an iron pump, covered with a 

 small substantial building, to provide at once water and shelter for the benefit of 

 the passer by. Would that an iron cup had also been chained to it, that he might 

 not be forced to drink the excellent water from the palm of his hand. Above the 

 entrance door a cross is carved on the stone with the words Travis Llwyd, mean- 

 ing the "Grey Beam." It should have been Croes Llwyd, the "Grey Cross." 

 The idea is so pretty and good that the word deserves to be altered to the cor- 

 rect Welsh. Near this is a very pretty narrow valley called liwlch, which is a 

 very common name in Wales. It always denotes a pass from one valley to an- 

 other, and it here aflfords an excellent pass from the valley on Pandy side into the 

 vale of Ewyas on the other side of Hatterel mountain. 



ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 



On arrival at Trewyn the visitors were received with much kind and friendly 

 hospitality. The house has many objects of interest in itself, as has already been 

 stated, and it has been filled with many others by the present occupants. Some 

 are so choice and rare as to demand immediate description. They consist of a 

 couple of unique and very valuable Roman antiquities : the arm of a silver statue 

 of Victory, and a gold seal. The silver arm is as well known as its possession is 

 envied by all learned antiquaries. The following extract from The History of the 

 original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe, by T. D. Whittaker, LL.D., 

 1801, gives its history and description : — "About two miles N.E. from Rochdale, 

 and near the line of the Roman road, was dug up in the year 1793 a very singular 

 and noble remain of Roman antiquity. This was the right arm of a silver statue 

 of Victory, of which the length was ten inches and its weight nearly six ounces. 

 The hand was a cast and solid, and the arm hollowed and formed apparently by 

 having been beaten on a model of wood ; the anatomy and proportions are good, 

 and on the inside of the thumb is a piece of solder which remained, and may be 

 conjectured to have held a chaplet or palm branch. There was besides a loose 

 ' armilla ' about the wrist, and another united to the arm above the elbow, to the 

 former of whicn was appended a plate of silver, with the following inscription, 

 formed by the pointed strokes of a drill :— 



VICTORIiE 



LEG VI VIO 



VAL RVFV8 



V.S.L.M. 



