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rising considerably above tbe walls, besides three 

 enti-ances to the town, with two stronger towers 

 to each. The base of the triangle runs along the 

 river, and in it are seven towers with a gateway 

 called Forth isav, or the lower gate; between 

 this and the castle, there is also a portal in the 

 wall, called Forth hach, but without towers ; 

 from the northern extremity of the base a curtain 

 with battlements on each side, runs nearly seventy 

 yards into the river, which had at its extremity a 

 large tower, long since destroyed, but the ruins 

 are visible. This corresponded with a similar 

 tower under the castle : the gateway through the 

 curtain is called Forth yr aden. A second en- 

 trance to the town was from the country side, 

 nearly opposite to Forth isav ; it is called Forth 

 uchav, or the upper gate, and it was furnished 

 Avith a drawbridge ; the third is on the south side, 

 and led to thevelifi heli,or salt- water mill; it is called 

 Forth y velin, or the gate of the mill. Except 

 on the river side the whole town was surrounded 

 by a deep and wide moat. One of the towers on 

 the south has a wall built on the town side, and 

 contained some spacious apartments, it is called 

 l^wr Llywelyii ; the town wall immediately ad - 

 joining has also three windows ; there probably 



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