88 MONTGOMERY TO WELSH POOL. 



of lord Herbert of Chirbury, and others of various 

 other celebrated characi^rs. In the gallery, which 

 is near a hundred and twenty feet in length, there is 

 a fmall colleftion of antiques, fome of which are 

 fuppofed to be valuable. 



The gardens were laid out in the wretched French 

 tafte, but in 1798, when I faw them, they were 

 greatly out of repair. 



The profpefts from the terrace are very exten- 

 (ive, this fituation commanding all the beautiful and 

 fpacious country eaftward, interfered by the Severn, 

 and the Breiddin hills ; with much of the cultivated 

 and well v/ooded county of Salop. 



History of Powis Castle. 



Leland informs us that there were formerly at 

 this place two caftles included in the fame walls. 

 '' Welfch Pole had (he fays) two lord's marcher's 

 caftles within one waulie, the lord Powys, named 

 Greye, and the lord Dudley, caullid Sutton ; but 

 now the lord Powys hath bothe in his hand. The 

 "Welfch Pole caftle is in compas almoft as much as 

 a little towne. The lord Dudley's part is almoft 

 fallen downe : the lord Powys part is meatly good**'* 



Whether thefe caftles were erefted at the fame, 

 or at dift'erent times, I have not been able to learn, 

 nor what were their diftin6t names. None of the 

 writers, except Leland and Camden, mention more 



* Leland's Itinerary. 



than 



