366 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



It was to this place that Vortigern,* when 

 he found himfelf under the general odium 

 of his fubjefts, and unable any longer to 

 contend with the treacherous Saxons whom 

 he had introduced into his kingdom, retired 

 to hide his mame, and provide for his 

 fecurity. It is probable, that upon this 

 infular rock he ere&ed a temporary reii- 

 dence of timber, with which the country 

 at that time abounded, that lafted him till 

 he went to his final retreat in Nant Gwr- 

 theyrn, or Vortigerrfs valley, not far from 



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Nefyn, in the promontory of Llyn.-j- 



Many of theantient Britifh and Monkifh 

 writers affert, that upon his coming to 

 Dinas Emrys, he attempted to eredl: a place 

 of defence, but what was built in the day 

 time always difappeared at night j he there- 



* Vortigern was King of Britain from 449 to 466. 

 t I believe all the Welih bards agree, that Vor- 

 tigern redded at this place at the time of his death. 



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