. The earth and its inhabitants ... inlandfrom the estuary of the river Dee. Its surface along that river, and more especiallyin the tract known as Sealand, is level, but the interior is beautifully diversified * Thomas, Hanes Cjmry America. FLINTSHIEE. 59 bj hills, which in the Moel Fammau (Mother of Hills ) attain an elevation of 1,823feet. Coal and lead abound, and there are also iron works, but the manufacturino-industry is of little importance. Haicarden, near which there are some potteries, overlooks the alluvial plainat the mouth of the Dee. Mold lies some 4 miles inland, on the Alvn, a
. The earth and its inhabitants ... inlandfrom the estuary of the river Dee. Its surface along that river, and more especiallyin the tract known as Sealand, is level, but the interior is beautifully diversified * Thomas, Hanes Cjmry America. FLINTSHIEE. 59 bj hills, which in the Moel Fammau (Mother of Hills ) attain an elevation of 1,823feet. Coal and lead abound, and there are also iron works, but the manufacturino-industry is of little importance. Haicarden, near which there are some potteries, overlooks the alluvial plainat the mouth of the Dee. Mold lies some 4 miles inland, on the Alvn, atributary of the Dee : the hills enclosing it are rich in coal and oil shale, whilstthe river turns the wheels of several paper-mills. Flint, the county town, with large chemical works and collieries, lead mines andpaper-mills, in its neighbourhood, was formerly accessible to large vessels, but itssilted-up port now admits only small coasting vessels. Four miles to the west of it Fig. 29.—The Sands of the Dee, from above lies the ancient town of Holywell (Trefynnon), 1 mile from the estuary of the has lead mines, lime-kilns, and Roman cement works, and supplies the potteriesof Staffordshire with chert, but is celebrated more especially for its copious andmiraculous well, dedicated to St. Winifrid, and formerly a noted place of jjilgrim-age and source of wealth to the adjoining Abbey of Basingwerk. A iew milesinland lies Cacrufjs, the Fortress of Assize, which up to 1672 was the countytown, and famous for its eisteddfods, but is now of little note. Mosti/n, a smallport below Holywell, exports coal from the collieries in its neighbourhood,whilst Rhyl, near the mouth of the Elwy, has become a favourite seaside up the Elwy, past Rhuddlan and its marshes, where Offa, King of 60 THE BEITISH ISLES. Mercia, in 795, anniliilutecl the AVelsh, fighting under the leadership of Caradoc,the lofty spires of the cathedral of SL Asaph indicate our approach to
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