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no account of more than one caftle at 

 this place. This was anciently called 

 Pool Caftle t from its vicinity to the town 

 of Welfh Pool and Caftle Cocb, the red 

 caftle, from the hue of the (tone with 

 which it was built. It's name of Powys 

 Caftle, which is more modern, it feems 

 to have obtained from it's having been 

 the chiefplace in that divifion of Wales 

 called Powesland. 



This caftle and Mathraval* were the 

 places of refidence of the Princes of 

 Powys and Powifland ; for Wales was 

 anciently divided into three principali- 

 ties, North Wales or Gwynedd, South 

 Wales and Powifland. The latter was 

 a tra6l of land which, when entire, 

 reached in a ftraight line from Broxton 

 hills in Chefhire, foutherly to Shrewf- 



* Mathraval is nine or ten miles did. ant, not far from 

 Meivod. The name is now only preferved by a Farm houfe 

 built upon the fide of the ancient caTe, which is laid' to 

 have occupied about two acres of ground. 



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