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CHAP. XIX. 



EXCURSION FROM HARLECH TO CWM BYCHAN. 

 DRUIDICAL CIRCLES CWM BYCHAN 

 WELSH PEDIGREE BWLCH TYDYAD DRWS 

 ARDUDWY CROMLECH DISTANT WATERFALL 

 SARN-BADRWYG OVERFLOWED HUNDRED. 



T WENT (conduced by the guide) to 

 explore an obfcure vale, about four 

 miles from Harlech, called Cwm Bychan, 

 the little hollow. A mile from the town, 

 on a large elevated moor, he pointed out 

 to me, a circle of fmall ftones, about 

 thirty yards in diameter, with another at 

 fome diftance, furrounding it. From it's 

 form and appearance, I am inclined to fup- 

 pofe, that this muft have been one of thofe 

 Druidical circles, in which were holden 

 their Gorfeddau, or Bardic meetings; for 

 thefe meetings were always in a place fet 

 apart in the open air, in fome confpicuous 

 E e 3 fituation, 



