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Boars with Llwyd and his people except what Mr. Evans has directed attention to, namely, the similarity between the name. Llwydawc of one of the principal Boars, and Llwyd's own name. His ingenious conjecture is well worth bearing in mind, though by itself it cannot be considered to identify Llwyd with the Boars under the lead of Twrch Trwyth. This would be an important conclusion if it could be established, as there is more to say about the Boar Lady Banba: I seem to detect her in the Germania as the goddess of a Celtic people who protected their persons with boar amulets.

"The story of Llwyd does identify him with an ally called Gwawl, son of Clud; and it was to avenge Gwawl that Llwyd put Dyfed under the spell of his magic. Gwawl's territory seems to have been near that of Hyfeydd Hên, whose name seems to connect him with Maeshyfed (formerly Maeshyfaidd') and Radnor. Now, Gwawl's mother, Clud, seems to have left her name to a district; for the Bruts mention, in the twelfth century, a prince named Einion Clud, that is, Einion of Clud, who is specially associated with the cantref of Elvael. In any case, Clud, as the name of a district, had not gone wholly out of use; for Cynddelw mentions it in his elegy to Cadwallon ab Madog that Cadwallon was brother to Einion Clud, and, in his brotherly way he sent him prisoner to Owen Gwynedd, who delivered him over to the Normans; but in vain, as he managed to escape. He had probably been troublesome. This is how Cynddelw sings of Cadwallon (Myv., vol. i, p. 220):—

'Prif arglwyt brolwyt bro din eithon,
Priodawr cloduawr clud ac aeron.'

'Chief lord and success of Din Eithon's land,
Far-famed possessor of Clud and Acron.'

"Din Eithon appears to have been a castle on the river Eithon in Maelienydd; but where was Clud exactly? Did it embrace a part of Radnorshire and Brycheiniog, and extend westwards to the Teifi? On the answer to this must depend, to some extent, possibly, the answer to another question which is more exactly in point here: How were Llwyd and Gwawl brought into contact with one another? It seems probable, at all events, that we cannot regard Llwyd's power as confined to Cemais, or even to the seven cantrefs of Dyfed.

"As this rambling letter has grown so long, I must reserve for another day some queries which I wish to put to the readers of the Guardian.

"New Year's Day, 1903."

"JOHN RHYS.

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PARTRISHOW CHURCH, BRECONSHIRE.

BY THE VEN. ARCHDEACON THOMAS, M.A., F.S.A.

A LONG-standing wish to see this remote and curious little church, inspired by Professor Westwood's account of it in the volume for 1856, and renewed by Mr. Bloxam's article in the 1874 volume, and intensified by Mr. Worthington Smith's admirable drawings in illustration of Sir Stephen Glynne's "Notes" in the volume for 1902, was happily gratified on the 7th of October, when I was taken to see it by our President.

Passing the "Turpilli" Ogham stone in Glanusk Park, our first halt was at the newly-restored church of Llangattock, with its fine western tower; our second, at the daughter-church of Crickhowel, with its interesting effigies of—

1. Dame Sybil Pancefort, the foundress, whose deed of foundation in 1303 has been printed in the volume. for 1893 (vol. x, p. 220).

2. A knight in chain armour, with the Pancefort shield; her husband or her son, both Sir Grimbalds. 3. Sir John Herbert, of Danycastell, knight, who died in 1666.

4. Dame Joan, his wife, daughter of Sir Charles Jones, of Dingeston, knight.

And two other mutilated figures of William le Hunt, Serjeant-at-law, who died 1694, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir John Herbert, who died in 1703.

As we climbed the hill to the north of the town, the ruined tower of the castle lay below us, and as we ascended higher the beautiful Vale of the Usk lay spread out in front. Crossing Bellfounder's Hill, with its fine oak timber, we looked down upon the Vale of the Grwyney, dominated by the lofty "Crûg" that crowns a spur of the Disgwylfa offshoot of the Black

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Mountain, and gave its own name to the later "Crickhowel." Descending and leaving the Valley of the lesser Grwyney (y Grwyne-fach) on the left, we followed that of the larger branch (y Grwyne-fawr) along a narrow twisting lane at the foot of the northern slope. At about four miles from Crickhowel the lane bifurcates; the branch which trends down to the river, which it crosses, is known further on as" Coalpit Lane,' and leads ultimately to Llanthony; along the other we continued our way as far as some farm-buildings called the "Celyn" (The Holly). Leaving the carriage here, we took the steep, narrow, well-worn lane that trends north-east, and after passing a farm with the suggestive name of "Llanfair" (St. Mary's), and following along what became something of a trackway, we suddenly dipped down into a secluded little dingle; and crossing the brook, we toiled for a couple of hundred yards or so up a steep and narrow cutting, and then on the right hand we turned into the churchyard of Partrishow, embosomed in trees, and presenting an ideal spot for quiet contemplation, away from the noise and bustle of the busy world.

Sir Stephen Glynne's "Notes" and Mr. Worthington Smith's illustrations in the 1902 volume describe all that is of interest in it so fully that there is little left to add, and they are so fresh that there is no need to repeat them here. But the place, the situation, and the surroundings are so full of interest that one must plead an antiquary's privilege to linger on the spot, and, in thought, trace out its antecedents and its origin. There must have been many re-buildings on this site, for no part of the fabric is as old as the font, the inscription on which, "made in the time of Gennillin,' corresponds exactly in date with a record in the Book of Llandav: that the church was consecrated by Bishop Herewald (A.D. 1056-1103). But

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VIEW OF INTERIOR OF PARTRISHOW CHURCH. (From a Photograph by the Rer. E. Hermitage Day.)

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