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Dry w. The Bryn Gwyn, or royal tribunal of this fove- 
reign prieft, (fill continues diftinclly marked. It is a cir¬ 
cular hollow, one hundred and eighty feet in diameter, 
furrounded by a vaft agger of earth and ftones. Near it 
was one of the Gorfeddau’s, now difperfed, but once con- 
fifting of a great heap of Hones, on which fate aloft the 
Druid whole duty it was to harangue and inftruft the 
people when collefled on any important occafion. Pen¬ 
nant's Tour in Wales, vol. iii. 
LLANNEL'LY,oi'Llanelthy, a market-town in Caer- 
marthenfhire, South Wales, with market-days on Thurfday 
and Saturday. The buildings of the town are irregularly 
Situated upon a creek near the fea-fhore. At the mouth 
of this creek is a (mall ifland, formed by the river Bury, 
where a monaftery, founded by St. Piro, formerly flood. 
The church, dedicated to St. Elliw, is an old ftrufture, 
remarkable for its high fquare embattled tower. The in¬ 
habitants of this place are chiefly miners and failors. The 
coal wrought in the vicinity is reckoned remarkably fine. 
The harbour is tolerably large, and is the controlling 
port both for Caernarvon and Kidwelly. Two fairs are 
held here annually; one on Afcenfion day, and the other 
on the 30th of September. The parifli contains about 
15,000 acres of land, of which nearly 3000 lie uninclofed 
and without cultivation. The hamlets are Berwich, 
Glynn, Hen Coed, Weftftowe, and the Borough-hamlet. 
At Berwich and at Ddewi the ruins of two chapels can 
Hill be diftinguiflied. The chapel of St. John has been 
lately repaired by fubfeription, and is at prefent ufed as a 
meeting-houfe by the methodifts. Pembree-hill, a few 
miles diftant from the town, commands one of the fined 
and molt extenfive marine views to be found in any part 
of Great Britain. 
LLA'NES, a town of Spain, in Afturia, near the north 
coaff : fifty-two miles eaft-north-eaft of Oviedo. 
LLANGADOCK', a market-town in the county of 
Caermarthen, South Wales, between the rivers Brane and 
Sawdde. It is tolerably well built; but was formerly 
much more extenfive than at prefent. It lies about fix 
miles fouth-fouth-wefl of Llandovery, and 190 weft by 
north from London. A fmall manufa 61 ure of coarfe 
woollens and flockings is carried on here, principally to 
flip ply the confumption of the town. The market-day is 
Thurfday; fairs, on the 12th of March, laft Thurfday of 
May, gth of July, firft Thurfday after the nth of Sep- 
iember, and fecond Thurfday after the 1 ith of December. 
The ancient caftle, mentioned by tourifts, has been for 
many years entirely demolifhed. A collegiate church is 
Laid to have been founded here, A. D. 1283, by Thomas 
.Beck, bifhop of St. David’s, in honour of St. Maurice 
and his companion, and St. Thomas the Martyr. This 
diltimflion feems to have been enjoyed but a very fhort 
time, if it ever aftually took place. The prefent church 
is dedicated to St. Cadog. 
LLANGAT'TOCK, a town of South Wales, in the 
county of Brecknock, on the right fide of the U(k, op¬ 
posite CrickhoweL 
LLANGERN 1 EW', a town in Denbigh flii re, North 
Wales; with fairs on March 29, May 16, June 29, Sept. 29, 
and Nov. 29. 
LLANGEVELACH', a town of South Wales, in Gla- 
morganlhire; four miles north of Swanfea. 
LLANGINDA'IRN, a fmall town in Caermarthenfhire, 
South Wales ; with a fair on the 5th of Auguft. 
LLANGOL'LEN, a market-town in the county of 
Denbigh, North Wales. The place has a mean appear¬ 
ance ; and the church is nowife remarkable, excepting for 
the length of the name of its patron faint, i. e. St. Col- 
len ap Gvvynnawg ap Clydawg ap Cowdra ap Caradog 
Fruchfras ap Lleyn Merim ap Eynion Yrth ap Cunedda 
Wiedig. The market is on Saturday ; and there are five 
fairs annually. The ruins of Caftell Dinas Brin nearly 
cover the fiunrnit of a vaft conoid hill, which begins its 
jilcent near the foot of the bridge oppofite to the town : 
this is one of the primitive Welfli caftles, but the name 
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of its founder is unknown : the form of it is oblong, ex¬ 
tending about 300 yards in breadth, and 150 in length. 
On one fide of the hill, which is lefs fteep than the others, 
deep trenches are cut through the folid rock. In the 
reign of Henry III. this caftle ferved as an afylum to the 
traitor Gryftydd ap Madog, who, bafely taking part with 
the enemies of his country, was compelled to fecure hiin- 
felf in this aerial faftnefs. It afterwards became the refi- 
dence of Mufamvay Vechan, the beautiful and accom- 
pliftied miftrefs of Hoel ap Eynion, one of the moft il- 
luftrious of the Wellh bards. It is remarkable that this 
caftle ftands at lead 600 yards above the level of the fea: 
the two fprings within its walls are never deficient in wa¬ 
ter. On the north-fide of the hill may be feen a vaft 
rock, called Craig Eglroyfeg, or the Eagle’s Rock; the 
ft rata of which are fo placed upon one another as to form 
a feries of fieps parallel with the horizon, known to na- 
turalifts by the name of faxa fedilia. The bridge at the 
bottom of the hill is one of the moft beautiful and ro¬ 
mantic in Wales, and is generally reckoned among the 
wonders of the principality. The foundation is on the 
ledge of a rock : it confilts of four arches, the centre one 
of which is 30 feet in diameter. Tradition informs us it 
was the work of Trevin bifhop of St. Afaph, in the year 
14.00. About two miles from the bridge ftands the abbey 
of de Valle Crucis, one of the fineft Specimens of archi¬ 
tectural antiquity in Wales. The weftern window has. 
been adorned with a variety of fculptural ornaments, but 
moft of them are entirely defaced. Concerning the ety¬ 
mology of the name of this abbey, hiftorians are not 
agreed ; fome deriving it from the buildings being in the 
form of a crofs, and others from the circumltance of its 
monks having made a prefent of a part of the true crofs 
to Edward I. At the diftance of a quarter of a mile 
hence, is the remainder of a round column, called the 
Pillar of Elifeg, which is perhaps one of the moft ancient 
Britifh pillars now exifting. It was entire till the time of 
the grand rebellion, when it was thrown down and broken 
by fome ignorant fanatics, on account of its refemblance, 
in figure, to a crofs. This pillar was no doubt erefted to 
perpetuate the memory of fome celebrated chief: it flood 
on a great tumulus, and, when complete, meafured twelve 
feet in height. The tumulus was opened fome years 
back, when fome bones were difeovered placed between 
flat ftones. 
The beauties of the Vale of Llangollen are celebrated 
both in profe and verfe. It is watered by the river Deva, 
and has a canal from the Pont-y-Cryfylltau aquedu6t run¬ 
ning throughout its whole length to the Oernant flate- 
quarries. The low price of labour, and the great plenty 
of provifions and fuel, have lately induced feveral adven¬ 
turers in the cotton-manufablure to eftablifli extenfive 
works in this neighbourhood. The great mail-road from 
London to Holyhead pafies through both the vale and 
town. The parifh is very extenfive, and is divided into 
three portions, called Traian y Glynn, Traian Llangollen, 
and Traian Trevor; each of which contains feverai ham¬ 
lets. We might have mentioned the romantic refidence 
of two ladies, who for many years lived together in the 
vicinity of this town. They were vifited by all fashion¬ 
able tourifts. Whether they “live there ftill,” we have 
no means of knowing. Mifs Seward vifited them in Sept. 
1795. Since that time great changes may have happened. 
The defeription of this place, as given in her Letters, may 
be feen in the Monthly Review for November 1S11. A 
later traveller (Aug. 1803) fpeaks of tnis romantic re¬ 
treat and its inhabitants in terms lefs romantic : “ At Llan¬ 
gollen, we were attratted by fame to vifit the cottage in¬ 
habited by the Irifh women of quality, whofe (lory is de¬ 
tailed, with fome flight variation, in ’every tour which lias 
been lately publifhed. It certainly difplays no tafle, ei¬ 
ther in its exterior couftruciion or the immediate environs, 
but appears like any other ordinary houfe contiguous to 
a little dirty market-town. Indefinable as a modern cot¬ 
tage is, this will be found to have no Angle charadreriftic. 
