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" OO. Monafterium ; HR. Honor! ; B. 

 " BeatEe ; M. Marias ; S. Sanclse ; P. 

 " Penitens ; OE. CEdificavit ; ac. et ; 

 *' he. hoc; aP. appropriavit; OuS. opus; 

 " PRO. pro; B. bono; HO V. hofpitioq ; 

 " OES. ejufdem ; CM. centum marcas ; 

 " GR. gratis ; Q. quoq ; O. ordinavit. 

 " In Englifh, Madoc a penitent, creeled 

 " this monaftery to the honor of the 

 " blefled and holy Virgin, and appro- 

 " priated for this work, and for the 

 " better maintenance thereof, an htm- 

 " dred marks, which he freely fettled 

 " on them." The hundred marks I 

 " fuppofe he fettled on them as annual 

 " payment/' 



Caftell Dinas Bran is fituated on a 

 high and rather conical hill, jtift oppo- 

 fite to, and about a mile from Llangol- 

 len. This hill is towards the top fo 

 ftceply doped on almoft every fide, as to 

 render the walk to the cattle rather fa- 

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