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palace stood about midway between Penman mawr 

 and Gogarth, over against Trwyn yr wylva; which 

 place is supposed to have had its name, " the point 

 of the place of wailing," at this period ; for it was 

 to this place that the inhabitants with difficulty 

 escaped, so sudden and overwhelming was the in- 

 undation; the Lavan Sands also derive their 

 name, Traeth Wylovain, from the same event, 

 which occurred in the beginning of the sixth 

 century. 



This inundation is still recorded in the traditi- 

 onal tales of the neighbourhood, with the follow- 

 ing additions : it had been prophesied four gene- 

 rations previously, that vengeance would overtake 

 the family of Helig ab Glanawg for the crimes of 

 his ancestors. Dial a ddaw, dial a ddaw, was 

 continually heard, although uttered by an invisi- 

 ble being : yn amser dy ivy r ion, neu dy orwyrion, 

 was the appointed time, and the inundation was so 

 sudden, that the servant, who, in going to the cel- 

 lar to draw liquor, first observed the water, had 

 only an opportunity of warning the harper of his 

 danger, when all the others were overwhelmed by 

 the flood in the midst of their festivities. 



