The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall . MENHlWa NSAR QOS C iw-u N tefcBfeiB^E^ l«et Md,. A. //. Prcslcn] [Jcnzitme BoSCA\VKN-UN, From the South-east. Chapel Carn Brea in the distance. t p ^ »<«Ji^^/^j J:^ i», ,* -V J \,,, R. II. Preston] Dawns Men,From the North. [Pcnynice To face page 3So. STONE CIRCLES The very first reference to this circle that we find is in a Welshtriad, quoted by the Rev. John Williams ab Ithel. It runs as follows :— The three principal Gorsedds of the Isle of Britain : the Gorsedd of Meriw hill; the Gorsedd of Beiscawen ; and the Gorsedd of Bryn Gwyddon
The Victoria history of the county of Cornwall . MENHlWa NSAR QOS C iw-u N tefcBfeiB^E^ l«et Md,. A. //. Prcslcn] [Jcnzitme BoSCA\VKN-UN, From the South-east. Chapel Carn Brea in the distance. t p ^ »<«Ji^^/^j J:^ i», ,* -V J \,,, R. II. Preston] Dawns Men,From the North. [Pcnynice To face page 3So. STONE CIRCLES The very first reference to this circle that we find is in a Welshtriad, quoted by the Rev. John Williams ab Ithel. It runs as follows :— The three principal Gorsedds of the Isle of Britain : the Gorsedd of Meriw hill; the Gorsedd of Beiscawen ; and the Gorsedd of Bryn Gwyddon. or another version :— the hill of Evwr ; Beiscawen ; and Bryn Gwyddon.^ This the author quotes as among the Triads of the Bards—theTriads of Privilege and Usage, from the book of Llywelyn Sion. Sionwas born about 1516 and died about one hundred years later ; he hadaccess to the Welsh MSS. of the earl of Pembroke, stored in RaglanCastle, which were destroyed during the wars of the Commonwealth,and he is supposed to have compiled his book from these. There is nocertainty that he did not c
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