DOLGELLE TO KEMMER ABBEY, ETC. 33 



the road, called by the Welfh, Y Vanner, and by the 



old writers, Kemmer abbey *. 



Where pious beadfmen, from the world retir'd. 

 In blifsful vifions wing'd their fouls to heav'n, 



While future joys their nobl^ tranfports fir'd, 

 They wept their erring days, and were forgiv'n. 



The prefent remains of this monaftery have little 

 intereft for any but the antiquarian : they are alto- 

 gether devoid of ornament or elegance, and from 

 no point of view are In any degree pifturefque. 

 Part of the church only Is left, and the fpace of 

 ground It occupies is very Inconfiderable. The ruins 

 of the refedory and the abbot's dwelling, form part of 

 the walls of an adjoining farm-houfe. The other parts 

 are much fhattered, and the farmer. In whofe ground 

 the building ftands, has patched them In many places 

 with modern mafonry, to render them of ufe In his 

 bufmefs. The length of the church is betwixt thirty 

 and forty yards, and the width not more than eight 

 or nine. The eafl end is more perfed than any other 

 part, and, through Its thick covering of Ivy, I could 

 difcern three fmall lancet-fliaped windows. Againfl 

 the fouth-wall there are a few fmall gothic pillars and 

 arches ; and in the wall an aperture where probably 

 the holy water was kept. In this part of the build- 

 ing, oppofite to two fmall arches, there has alfo 



* Or, varioufly, Cymmer, Cymner, Cwmner, Kinner, Kin- 

 mer, and Kymmer Abbey. Kymer, in the ancient Britifh lan- 

 guage, fignified the meeting of two or more rivers. 



VOL. II, D beeii. 



