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the old chapel there are to be seen tvvoarclies, which 

 communicated with Ednyved's seat. The south 

 aisle was built by the ladies Conwy, the descend- 

 ants of Gruffydd Goch, lord of Rhos and Rhy\on- 

 iog, and collaterally also of Ednyved; they were 

 the last occupiers of the palace of Bryneuryn, and 

 they left a large sum towards building the present 

 handsome tower. In 1818, when lowering the 

 church yard on the south side of the church, an 

 immense quantity of bones were discovered heaped 

 together confusedly ; they were most probably 

 conveyed from the church-yard of the original 

 church, which was situated considerably lower 

 down, at the time it was destroyed by the sea. 

 At a very low ebb, and when a strong south west 

 wind prevails, the waves may be distinctly seen 

 breaking upon a sarn or causeway, which runs into 

 the sea from Great Orme's head, about four miles 

 below Llandrillo church ; and it is still called the 

 miiriau, or the walls. Morva Rhianedd, a great 

 extent of territory which the sea has now over- 

 whelmed, reached to an unknown distance below 

 Abergele and the present shore of the north of 

 Flintshire. Below the church is Rhos vynach, 

 the Marsh of the monks ; there is a very large 

 wear, which runs from this point, in which great 



