Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ..with many ancient pedigrees and memorials of old and extinct families . ished in the Cuiubro Ih-itoii. It seems that this interesting spot hail from time immemorialbeen called bv the (untr\- people Yiiys Ihonuuii, the Islet of Bronwen. To enumerate the ancient places of sepulture, tl>e tunuili and the cists, whi( h have HISTORIC ANTIQUITIES. 21 been discovered in Anglesey, would be out of place and too tedious in these pages. Tiieinformation must be looked for in the
Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ..with many ancient pedigrees and memorials of old and extinct families . ished in the Cuiubro Ih-itoii. It seems that this interesting spot hail from time immemorialbeen called bv the (untr\- people Yiiys Ihonuuii, the Islet of Bronwen. To enumerate the ancient places of sepulture, tl>e tunuili and the cists, whi( h have HISTORIC ANTIQUITIES. 21 been discovered in Anglesey, would be out of place and too tedious in these pages. Tiieinformation must be looked for in the ArcJueol. Cai/ilirc/isis and other antiijuarian andscientific journals. 2.—His tone Antiquities. The limits at command permit the enumeration here of only a few of the moreprominent historic antiipiities of Anglesey. Divided between civil and ecclesiastical, theseantiquities would well till a volume by themselves. The chief monument of historic antiquity, after the venerable churches of Uie island,some of which are of greater age, is the magnificent ruin of Beaumaris Castle. It is onthe estate of Sir Richard Bulkeley, Bart, of Baron Hill, forming as it were a symbol of the. Beaumaris Castle {from a Plutoi^rapti by Bedford). antiquity of his family, as it does a jiortion of the scenery of his park. It stands on aspot the fairest and sweetest in the country, and the story of its creation tells of times themost calamitous for the passing hour, but the most beneficent in the progress of ages for thenation of the Cymry. The plan of this sumptuous and mighty erection, at once palace and fortress, reveals thewonderful conceptions and the equally wonderful resources of Edward I. As it stood whenfinished, although not equal to Caerphilly in extent, or to Carnarvon in grace and elegance,it was a stupendous and truly magnificent creation. Edward I., the castle-builder, who made castled^uilding not a pastime, but a serious,although tastefully conducted means to an end, had to contend wit
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