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king, call it Arthur's Quoit. In the woods at this place are 
tome druidical circles nearly contiguous to each other. 
At a fmall diflance from Beaumaris, on the fhore, (land 
the remains of Llanvaes, or the Friars. It was founded 
by prince Llewelyn ap Jerwerth, and according to the ge¬ 
neral tradition of the country, over the grave of his wife 
Joan, daughter of king John, who died in 1237, and was 
interred on the fpot. Here alfo were interred a foil of a 
Daniih king, lord Clifford, and many barons and knights 
who fell in the Welflt wars. It was dedicated to St. Fran¬ 
cis, and confecrated by Howell bifliop of Bangor, a prelate 
who died in 1240. The religious were Francifcans, or 
minor friars. Their church and houfe were deftroyed, 
and their lands wafted, in the infurredlion made (bon after 
the death of Llewelyn, laft Welflt prince, by his relation 
Madoc. Edward II. in confideration of their misfortunes, 
remitted to them the payment of the taxes due to him, 
which before the war were levied at the rate of 12I. 10s. 
Thefe friars were ftrong favourers of Owen Glendwr. 
I-Ienry IV. in his firft march againft Owen, plundered the 
convent, put feveral of the friars to the fword, and car¬ 
ried away the reft; but afterwards fet them at liberty, 
made refutation to the place, 'out peopled it with Englifti 
reclufes. It poflibly was again reduced to ruin: for Hen¬ 
ry V'. by patent, eftablifties here eight friars, but directs 
that two only fliould be Welfh. At the diflolution, I-Ien¬ 
ry VIII. fold the convent and its poffeflions to one of his 
courtiers. They became in later days the property of a 
family of the name of White (now extinft), who built 
here a good manfion. It of late became the property of 
lord Bulkeley. The church is turned into a barn, and 
the coffin of the princefs Joan now ferves for a watering- 
trough. A little farther is Caftle Aber Llienawg, a fmall 
fquare fort, with the remains of a little round tower at 
each corner. In the middle one flood a fquare tower. A 
fofs furrounds the whole. A hollow way is carried quite 
to tiie (bore, and at its extremity is a large mound of earth, 
defigned to cover the landing. This caftle was founded 
by Hugh Lupus earl of Chefter, and Hugh the Red earl 
of Shrewffmry, in 1098, when they made an invafion, and 
committed more favage barbarities on the natives, efpe- 
rially on one Kenred a pried, than ever Itained the annals 
of any country. Providence fent Magnus king of Nor¬ 
way to revenge the cruelties. His coming was to all ap¬ 
pearance cafual. He offered to land, but was oppofed by 
the earls. Magnus flood in the prow of his diip, and call¬ 
ing to him a mod: expert bowman, they at once dire bled 
their arrows at the earl of Shrew (bury, who flood all arm¬ 
ed on the fhore. An arrow pierced his brain through one 
of his eyes, the only defencelefs part. The viblor, fee¬ 
ing him fpring up in the agonies of death, infulting'ly cried 
out in his own language, Lsit loupe, “ Let him dance.” 
This fort was garrifoned fo lately as the time of Charles I. 
when it was kept for the parliament by Sir Thomas Chea- 
dle; but was taken by colonel Robinfon in 1645. 
Above Llatiddona is a high hill, called Bcordd Arthur ; 
the true name was probably Din, or Dinas Sulwy: fora 
church immediately beneath bears that of Llanvihav.gle 
Din-Suluy. On the top of it is a great Britidi pod, fur- 
rounded by a double row of rude ftones with their fltarp 
points uppermoft; and in fome parts the ramparts are 
formed of fmall ftones. In the area are vefliges of oval 
buildings: tire larged: is formed with two rows of fiat ftones 
fet on end. Thefe had been the temporary habitations of 
the pofTefTors. It had been a place of vaft ftrength : for, 
beftdes the artificial defence, the hill dopes deeply on all 
fides, and the brink next to the ramparts is mostly preci¬ 
pitous. It is worth the attention of the traveller to afeend 
this hill for the fake of the vaft profpect; an intermixture 
of fea, rock, and alps,' mod elegantly great. 
About two miles, fouth of Fias Gwyn, the feat of Paul 
Panton, Ef’q. was fittiated Penmynnydd, once the reddence 
of the anceftors of Owen Tudor, i'econd hufbanu to Ca¬ 
therine of France, queen dowager of Henry V. “who, be- 
yhg (as honed Halle informs us) young and luftye, folow- 
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yng more her own appetyte than frendely confaill, and 
regardyng more Iter private affebtion than her open ho¬ 
nour, toketo hufband privily (in 1428) a goodly gentylman, 
ancLa beautiful perfon, garniged with manye godlye gyfteg 
both of nature and of grace, called Owen Teuther, a man 
brought furth and come of the noble lignage and aOncient 
lyne o&Cadwaladar, the laft kynge of the Britonnes.” 
The match, important in its coniequences, rellored the 
Britidi race of princes to this kingdom. Thefe reigned 
long, under the title of the Houfe of Tudor; the tmxed 
race having ceafed on the acceifton of Henry VII. grand- 
fon to our illuftrious countryman. Th.e remains "of the 
reddence of the Tudors are, the door of the gateway : part 
of the houfe, and the great chimney-piece of the lull,‘are 
to be feen in the prefent farm-houfe. The Tudors, for a 
confiderable fpace before the extinction of their race, a(- 
furned the name of Owen. Richard was the laft male of 
th.e family, and was fheriff of the county in 1657. Mar¬ 
garet, heirefs of the houfe, married Coningfby Williams, 
Efq. of Gian y gors, in this illand, who poffeff'ed it during 
his life. It was afterwards fold to lord Bulkeley, in whole 
defeendant it ftill continues. In the church of Penmyn 
11yd is a mofl magnificent monument of white alabafler, 
removed at the diifolution from the abbey of Llanvaes to 
this place ; probably erebled in memory of one of the houfe 
of Tudor, who had been interred there. 
On the weflern point of the bay is a fmall cape, flat at 
top, called Cajkll mawr, joined to the land by a low iftli- 
mus. It is compofed of lime-done, which is carried to 
diftant parts in fmall veffels, which lie in a fmall channel 
near the rock, and by their numbers frequently enliven the 
view. Roman coins have been found in this neighbour¬ 
hood ; but there are no vefliges of there having been any 
flation. Beyond Caflell mawr, on the fhore, are vaft block’s 
of black marble filled with (hells, corolloids, and fungit;e. 
At Tryfelwyn mountain is the mofl confiderable body of 
copper-ore-perhaps ever known. The part of Tryfclwyn 
which contains it is called Parys mountain. Of this’ moun¬ 
tain, and the works there carried on, we have the follow¬ 
ing very curious and interefting account by Mr. Pennant: 
“ The external afpebl of the hill is extremely rude, and 
rifes into enormous rocks of coarfe White quartz. The ore 
is lodged in a bafon, or hollow, and has on one fide a fmall 
lake, on whofe waters, diftafteful as thofeof Avernus, no 
bird is known to alight. The whole afpeft of this tract 
has, by the mineral operations, aflumed a mod favage ap¬ 
pearance. Suffocating fumes of the burning heaps of cop¬ 
per arife in all parts, and extend their baneful influence 
for miles around. In the adjacent parts vegetation is near¬ 
ly deffroyed: even the modes and lichens of tiie rocks 
have perifhed; and nothing feems capable of refifling the. 
fumes but the purple nielic grafs, which flourifhes in abun¬ 
dance. It is thought that the ore had been worked in a 
very diftant period. Vefliges of th.e ancient operations ap¬ 
pear in feveral parts, carried on by trenching, and by 
heating the rocks intenfely, then fuddenly pouring on wa¬ 
ter, fo as to catife them to crack or fcale ; thus.aulcwardly 
(upplying the ufe of gunpowder. Pieces of charcoal were 
alfo found, which proves that wood was made ufe of for 
that purpofe. As the Britons imported all works in brafs, 
it is certain that the Romans were the undertakers of thefe 
mines; and it is very probable that they fent the ore to 
Caerhen to be fmelted, the place where the famous cake 
of copper was difeovered. They might likewife have had 
a fmelting hearth in this ifland ; for a round cake of cop¬ 
per was difeovered at Llanvaethlle, a few miles from this 
place. Its weight was fifty pounds, and it had on it a 
mark refembling an L. 
“ In the year 1762, Alexander Frazier came into An- 
glefey in fearch of mines. He vifited Parys mountain; 
called on Sir Nicholas Bayley, and gave him fo flattering 
an account of the profpedl, as induced him to make a tri^ 
al, and fink fhafts> Ore was difeovered ; but, before any 
quantity could be gotten, the mines were overpowered 
with water. In about two years after, Meilfs. Roe and 
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