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Title: 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 Year: 1872 (1870s) Authors: Nicholas, Thomas, 1820-1879 Subjects: Publisher: London, Longmans, Green, Reader Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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Text Appearing Before Image: tuation is highly picturesque and 138 CARDIGANSHIRE. an ascent to the ruin is amply repaid by the magnificent view it commands of the TeiviValley below and above, with the abrupt and sportive windings of the river, and its impetuousrush towards the bridge. In the neighbourhood of Newcastle Emlyn are located variousseats of the gentry, among which, on the Cardiganshire side, may be mentioned Adpar (Mr.Fitz-Williams) ; Aberceri {set Davies, Aberce?-i) ; and to the interior the beautiful and ancientBroinvydd—the mansion recently re-erected (see Lloyd, Bromvydd); Gernos, Gwernant,Blaenwern (see Morris, Blaenwern), Traedyraur (see Bozven, Trocd-yr-aiir), Neuadd, Tyllwyd{stt Jo7ics-Parry, Tylhvyd), Stradmore Hill, and Blaenpant. Almost more beautiful than the Vale of Teivi are the diminutive valleys and dingles of theCeri on the Cardiganshire side, and the Cych on the other. The Teivi has a narrow pass inthe neighbourhood of Llysnewydd (see Lewes, Llysnewydd); but the hanging woods of the

Text Appearing After Image: Cii.GERRAN Castle. valley and the falls of Cenarth, where the river seems to have cut its way through the solidschistose rock, constitute a scene of peculiar beauty. At Cilgerran, and hence towards Car-digan, the Vale of Teivi reaches the highest pitch of magnificence, although in places confinedalmost to the width of the river. The rocky sides are high and precipitous, but almosteverywhere clothed with wood. The rock is of the lower Silurian group, and is quarried forslate—the debris being in many places thrown into the river, impeding its course andinjuring its navigation. But neither the industry of the quarries nor the stupid selfishnesswhich converts the bed of the Teivi into a refuse-pit can mar the superb grandeur of thesinuous and rugged channel the stream has here cut through the rock, on a lofty point ofwhich is perched the fine old ruin of Cilgerran Castle, a view of which, although the castle issituated in Pembrokeshire, and will there be noticed at greater length, we he

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