$6 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



that I cannot fay they afforded me much 

 pleafure. Watt's dyke runs through 

 them, and it isfaid that there are fome re- 

 mains of a Roman fort not far diflant ; 

 of this, however, there feems much 

 doubt, as the only evidences of it, are a 

 fragment of a wall, cemented with mor- 

 tar, and fome traditional accounts, the 

 truth of which feems very uncertain. 



Wrexham is a populous market town, 

 which, from it's fize and confequence, 

 may not improperly be nominated the 

 metropolis of North Wales. The build- 

 ings are in general good, and the coun- 

 try around it is fo beautiful as to have 

 induced many families to fix their refi- 

 dence in it's vicinity. It has been a 

 place of fome antiquity, being known 

 to the Saxons by the names of Wrigh- 



teiham or Wrightlemam.* 



The 



* Leland fays, '" Wrexharn truly called Wrightkfharn, 

 " is the only market town of Walfche Maylor, having a 



M goodly 



