4.5 A TOUR ROUND NOK*TH \VALES. 



chite6lure. This place was anciently the 

 refidence of Madoc ap GryfFydd Mae- 

 lor, Lord of Bromfield, and founder of 

 the abbey of Valle Crucis, near Llan-^ 

 gollen* It had formerly the name of 

 Watt flay, from the ancient rampart call- 

 ed Watt's Dyke having lain through 

 the grounds ; but, when it came into the 

 pofleffion of the Wynne family, this 

 name. was changed to Wynnftay* 

 v- Nant y Bele, the Dingle of the Martin* 

 which is not far from Wynnftay, is a 

 deep woody hollow, whole fides, fteep 

 and' rocky, contain in their bottom the 

 waters of the Dee, which here roll on, 

 blackened by the depth of their fhady 

 banks, and are, for th$ rnoft part, hidden 

 from the obferver by the thicknefs of 

 the foliage. In the diflant background, 

 I obferved Chirk Caftle, and the coun- 

 try around it, clad in lively colours; 

 , more to the weft, I had Caflell 



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