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went to see who had intruded on their land, for to kindle a fire 

 was an assertion of possession. They came to Brynach and 

 discovered that they were relatives, and Clechre at once placed 

 his sons under the tuition of Brynach, his uncle. He, himself, 

 inspired by the desire of leading an eremitical life, departed to 

 Cornwall, "where, serving Grod, he gave up his happy soul to 

 the Lord." 



I think it hardly possible not to identify Clechre with 

 Cledog. The latter name is Cled or Clyd, with the diminutive 

 oc, added to it, which in the other is changed to er, which is a 

 variation, as we have Enodoc and Enoder. 



This Cledog must be entirely distinguished from another of 

 the same name, who, as we learn from the pedigree of Taliesin, 

 was the son of Gwynnar, son of Caid, and who was father of 

 Cynnarch, from whom Taliesin was descended. This Cledog is 

 distinctly asserted to have been of Ewyas, and it is there, in 

 Herefordshire, that we find Clodock, where he was killed by the 

 Saxons. 



Cledog, the son of Clydwyn, if he be the same as Clechre, 

 died in Cornwall. 



On reaching Cornwall, Clether found himself among his 

 kinsfolk. Morwenna was his aunt, Nectan his uncle. In a day 

 he could visit several close relations. He chose for his abode a 

 warm and pleasant nook facing the sun, in the Inney valley, 

 with the great hog's-back of Laneast behind him. He chose 

 a slope of heather between great horns of rock overgrown 

 with ivy, and over-hung with scarlet-berried rowan, where was 

 an unfailing spring ; and here he not only set up his oratory, 

 but established a Minihi or Sanctuary, by planting crosses at 

 intervals about a piece of land, within which was safety from 

 pursuit. 



The parish church stands half-a-mile further down the 

 valley, in a bold and picturesque situation. 



S. Cledog'sday is November 3 (Kalendar loloMSS., p. 558). 



The oratory or chapel of S. Clether, is a building running 

 E. and W. and measures internally 19" 1'" by 11" 4*°. It 

 possesses a door to the west, and another to the north. The 

 Holy Well is situated 7 feet from the N.E. angle of the chapel, 



