A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 11/J 



About ten miles from Ruthin, I de- 

 fcended into the vale of Crucis, called 

 ^ alfo the vale of Gliffeg, one of the molt 

 beautifully fecluded fituations in the 

 kingdom, furrounded by high mountains 

 and abrupt rocks, towering rudely into 

 the air. The bottoms of thefe were, in 

 many parts, covered with wood and ver- 

 dure. In this vale are feated the vene- 



rable remains of Llan Egweft, or Valle 



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Crucis Abbey ; and from the road, at a 



little diftance, the fine Gothic weft end, 

 embowered in trees, and backed by the 

 mountain, on whofe fummit ftands the 

 fhattered ruins of Caftell Dinas Bran, 

 forms a fcene finely piclurefque. The 

 adjoining rocks were enlivened by the 

 browfing flocks which were fcattered 

 along their fides, and by 



" Kites that fwim fublime 

 In ftill repeated circles fcreaming loud." 



Whilft 



