{24} Rhaiadyr, Called Also Rhaiader-Gwy, Is A Small Village And
Market-Town In Radnorshire.
The site only of the castle, built by
prince Rhys, A.D. 1178, now remains at a short distance from the
village; it was strongly situated on a natural rock above the river
Wye, which, below the bridge, forms a cataract.
{25} Llywel, a small village about a mile from Trecastle, on the
great road leading from thence to Llandovery; it was anciently a
township, and by charter of Philip and Mary was attached to the
borough of Brecknock, by the name of Trecastle ward.
{26} Leland, in his description of this part of Wales, mentions a
lake in Low Elvel, or Elvenia, which may perhaps be the same as that
alluded to in this passage of Giraldus. "There is a llinne in Low
Elvel within a mile of Payne's castel by the church called Lanpeder.
The llinne is caullid Bougklline, and is of no great quantite, but
is plentiful of pike, and perche, and eles." - Leland, Itin. tom. v.
p. 72.
{27} Hay. - A pleasant market-town on the southern banks of the
river Wye, over which there is a bridge. It still retains some
marks of baronial antiquity in the old castle, within the present
town, the gateway of which is tolerably perfect. A high raised
tumulus adjoining the church marks the site of the more ancient
fortress. The more modern and spacious castle owes its foundation
probably to one of those Norman lords, who, about the year 1090,
conquered this part of Wales.
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