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LLANELDILON, five miles and a half from Ruth- 

 vin, in the vale of Clwyd. 



LLANGEDWIN, ten miles from Oswestry, on the 

 Tanat. 



LLANGOLLEN, thirteen miles from Ruthin, beau- 

 tifully situated in a deep and narrow valley on 

 the river Dee. The vale of Llangollen is de- 

 servedly celebrated as containing, in proportion to 

 its extent, a greater variety of interesting objects 

 than, probably, any other in the principality. The 

 river Dee, winding through this vale, which is en- 

 closed by lofty hills, glides along, in some parts of 

 its course, in a broad and unruffled surface, and in 

 others rushes impetuously over the shelving rocks 

 which interrupt its progress, adding equal beauty 

 and fertility to this charming tract. On the sum- 

 mit of an isolated rocky mountain, rising precipi- 

 tously on the northern side of the vale, to the 

 height of 1045 feet above the sea, are the mag- 

 nificent ruins of Castel Dinas Bran, occupying 

 the whole summit of the mountain, the base of 

 which is washed by the river, here, about 250 feet 

 above the same level ; on the opposite bank of 

 which is the town of Llangollen, sheltered by a 

 continuous chain of hills. In this neighbour- 



guinan, and found to contain the skeleton of a horse and his 

 rider, in the position in \vhich they might have fallen : near 

 the ribs of the horse was found a brass spur, weighing seven- 

 teen ounces. LEWIS, 



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