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courts but neither of them very large. 

 The caftle has been but a fmall building, 

 and it is at prefent in a very ruinous condi- 

 tion. From the eminence, on which it 

 ftands, is an elegant view acrofs the bay, 

 towards Harlech, where that fine old caftle 

 is feen, backed by the high and diftant 

 mountains of Merioneth (hire. 



From the architecture, this caftle has 

 the undoubted appearance of Britifh origin, 

 and it's reputed/ founder, Edward I. feems 

 to have done no more than cafe the two 

 towers at the entrance, whofe exterior 

 workmanfhip is certainly very different 

 from that of their interior. Mr. Rowlands 

 has placed this amongft thofe caftles, which 

 he conjectured were founded before the 

 fixth century.* 



After the conqueft of Wales, Edward I. 

 appointed William de Ley bourn, the con- 



* Rowland's Mona Antiqua Reftaurata, 149. 



ftable, 



