l62 RUTHIN TO LLANGOLLEN, 



nenr the abbey; and jufl: oppofitc to the fej):i.l 

 niilc-ftone from Llangollen *. This pillar is very 

 ancient. It appears to have been erected upwards 

 of a thoufand years ago, in memory of Elifeg (the 

 father of Brochwel Yfcithroc, prince of Powis, who 

 was flain at the battle of Chefter in 607), by Con- 

 cenn, or Congen, his great grandfon. The infcrip- 

 tion is not at prefent legible f. The fhaft was once 

 above twelve feet long, but having been thrown 

 down and broken fome time during the civil wars, 

 its upper part, only about feven feet in length, was 

 left. After thefe commotions it was fuffered to lie 

 . neglected for more than a century. At length, in 

 1779, Mr. Lloyd of Trevor Hall, the owner of the 

 property on which it now Hands, caufed this part 

 of it to be raifed from the rubbifli with which it was 

 covered, and placed once again on its pedeflal. 



Valle Crucis xVbbey, 



Or, as it is called by the Webli, Llan Egweft abbey, 

 is about a quarter of a mile from the pillar of Elifeg. 

 It is a grand and majeflic ruin, affording fome ele- 

 gant fpecimens of the ancient gothic architecture. 



* Buck fays the vale took its name from tlic circum(tance of 



the abbey having pofieflcd a piece of the true crofs. This, wc 



are Informed, was given to Edward I., who, in return for fo 



valuable a prefent, granted to the abbey feveral immunities. 



Buck's Antiquities. Matt. Weftm. 37 r. .^ ^' " , 



/ ,r> ,'^r (V/ ^: 

 + Mr. Edward I^hwyd copied It when it was In a niore per- 



ftft ilate. See Gougl/^ Camden, ii. 58/. 



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