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GWYDYR . . 



. . CASTLE, 



DENBIGHSHIRE. 



HE SEAT . 



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EARL CARRINGTON 



THE picturesque castle of (iwydvr. winch was an 

 ancient seat "I tlu- Wynnes. stands in a trulv 

 romantic part f North Wales, in 'he valley "t the 

 Con way, and adjacent t<> the pleasantly-Mtuated 

 town of Llanrwst. The viMt<>r who provee.K from 

 Llandudno to that famous centre of tourists in W 



-Coed, passes dOSC hv. and can lu-ver t.nl t" admire, 



the magnificent woods which are found in that part of the 



valley. The river Con way is navigable .is Mr as Trelnw. that 



eated place. whch is famous among artists, and w hose 



neighbourhood has often heen depicted in the spring exhibitions. 



whole region is full of history, tor here was a house of the 



great Llewelyn, and here, long before his time, Taliesm. the 



fattu ' s|j poetry, is believed to have dwelt, having been 



found by the lake of Ceirionydd like Moses amon^ the 



bulrushes, and here again the famous Llywarch Hen did battle 



with his foes. In the fastnesses of the district of Snowdon 



lingered the poetic fire which nerved the chi.ftains for their 



with the Saxon, and in this romantic region of 



wood and wild Celtic fancy lashioned m\ strrious shapes of 



slran-e signiiuance. and ga\'e birth to the nn.iyinativ 

 tions whiJi are eml <Klied in the Mahinogmn. and whuh lend 

 their lamination \ the legends of Arthur. It was a tant.istu 

 world, w hiil i revelled I!) marvels and enchantments, appropriate. 

 we may vi\ . t" .1 region ot ure.it mountains and dark lot. ^ts 

 tor in siii h places many a race has found its p K -U\ an, I out 

 of tins vv.iil.1 were drawn the patriotic insiincts whuh inspired 

 the Welsh in their lon^ struggle with the invader. 



I he i.i-tle "t dwvdyi stands amid umbrageous surround- 

 ings at the tiMit of a lotty crag Caireg \ ( \v akh, or the I' 

 ol the t : aL<in--.ind was . r, -, t, ! b\ Sir John Wynne in the 

 middle oJ the s:\treiith century upin the site ot a !ar "more 

 ancient stronghold. The occupancy ot the Wynnes has 

 lett its traces in many places hereabout. The 

 Chapel in the south transept -.1 I lamwst Church was ere. ted 

 in 1631 by Sir Richard Wynne, it is said tr.nn designs by 

 Inigo Jones, and po^ .eral memorial brasses ot the 



.lyr family, while on the tl'M.r is the stone lotfm "t 

 Llewelyn ap Jorwerth. the famous chieftain who steadilv 

 aimed throughout Ins long rei'.-n at vcurmg the means oi 



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