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irieans extended above 30 feet; over the arch 

 of that window are the arms of Edward the 

 Firft. 



This, and all the dtljer chambers, appear to 

 the eye 12 or 13 feet high; but I am promifed 

 an accurate plan of thfe whole by one of the 

 country. It certainly merits very particular 

 examination; but 1 mould have been more 

 curious about it, had it been built in Henry the 

 Second's time. From Gonway Caftle, we tra- 

 velled half a day's journey, through a very ro- 

 mantic country, to Rudland, or rather Land- 

 caftle,* the remains of which are lefs perfect 

 than Carnarvon or Conway ; nor was it ever 

 equal to them, either in extent or beauty, 

 which I am forry for, as // -was built by Henry 

 the Second.^ Not far from hence, at a place 

 called Bodruddan, we pafled a rainy day, in a 

 very comfortable manner, with an old ac- 

 quaintance of mine, who is the lady of the 

 caftle, and hath forbid all depredations, which 

 the people of the neighbourhood ufed to 

 make, by taking it down, to build and repair 

 their houfes and pigfties, which would, have 



* How the noble author fell into this miftake I know 

 X not; Ryddlan fignifies the red bank. 



f It was repaired and fortified by Henry II. in the year 

 1157; but it appears to have been founded upwards of a 

 century before that time, See Vol; I, 



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