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CHAP. XI. 



Wex>sh Pool to Oswestry, 



Ihe jSreidJiit Hills. — Llan:mynech. — Llanymynech Hill., and Cavern 

 e ailed Ogo. — Lime ^tarries. — Profpect from the Hill. — Account 

 of OffcCs Dyke. — Ofioejlry. — Houfe of Induflry. — Account of the 

 Death of Of IV aid. — Monqflery. — Churchyard's Encomium on 

 Of'zvejry, and the Weljl:) People. — Ofwejiry Caflle. — Account of 

 tmrious D'lflurhances in the Marches of l^'^ales,— -Siege of Ofweftry 

 Caflle, and daring Attempt of a Touihy 'which fucceeded in forcing 

 «pen the Gates. — Charters and Trade.- Sketch of the H'tjlory of 

 the Welfh Marches. 



About fix miles from Welfh Pool I palTed a groupe 

 of three iofty mountains called the 



Breiddin Hills. 



The higheft and moft conical of thefe has the 

 name of Moel y Golf a; the fecond Craig Breiddin; 

 and the third Cefyn y CaftelL On one of them an 

 obelifk was erefted a few years ago, from a fubr 

 fcription of feveral of the neighbouring families, in 

 commemoration of lord Rodney's defeat of the 

 French fleet, under the command <^f the Count de 

 Graife. 



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