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round the inside, none of which pass through the 

 wall ; as about a third of the circle is open from 

 top to bottom, and this opening being in the 

 direction of the castle, it might be supposed that 

 there were originally lines of walls, which, form- 

 ing an angle, were strengthened by this tower ; 

 but there are no remains whatever to corroborate 

 this conjecture. The wall is very thick, and the 

 masonry is altogether different from wliat remains 

 of the castle; it may therefore have been built at 

 the time of the first fortification of Dyganwy by 

 Maelgwn Gwynedd. On the shore of the river 

 is the modern Dyganwy, formerly the residence 

 of the Stodarts, a name which frequently occurs 

 among the English inhabitants of the borough of 

 Aberconwy. William Stodart was sheriff of Caer- 

 narvonshire in 1754, and Hugh Stodurt in 1774. 



LLANDUDNO. 



The northernmost of the three parislies of 

 Creiddyn is Llandudno, which includes the pro- 

 montory of Gogarth, the intervening flat, and Rhiw- 

 leden, or Little Orme's head. It lies in the manor 

 of Gogartii, which belongs to the see of Bangor ; 

 and on the south-west side of Llandudno moun- 

 tain an' the ruins of Gogarth, a large jKdace at one 



