of a place near Llanerchymedd, in Anglesea.

{34b} Dygen Ddyfnant, another place whose situation I am ignorant of,
where another battle was fought.

{34c} Bryn yr Erw, another place unknown.

{34d} Celyddon, the British name of that part of North Britain, called
Caledonia by the Romans.

{34e} Dinbych, Denbigh.

{34f} Foelas, or Y Foel las, i.e. the green summit, which is the name of
a place in Denbighshire, where there is an old fort, now in the
possession of Watkyn Wynn, Esq., colonel of the Denbighshire militia,
whose seat is near it.

{34g} Gronant, the name of a fort or castle in Flintshire.

{34h} Dinas Emreis or Emrys, the name of a place in Snowdon, near Bedd
Gelert, where Gwrtheyrn, or Vortigern, attempted to build a castle.

{34i} Morgant, the name of one of Llewelyn's generals.

{35a} Mechain, a part of Powys.

{35b} Caer Liwelydd, Carlisle.

{36a} Arllechwedd, a part of Carnarvonshire.

{36b} Cemmaes, the name of several places is Wales. The Bard means here
a cantred of that name in Anglesea.

{37a} Tyganwy, the name of an old castle near the mouth of the river
Conway to the east; it was formerly one of the royal palaces of Maelgwn
Gwyneld, king of Britain, and was, as our annals relate, burnt by
lightning, ann. 811, but was afterwards rebuilt, and won by the Earls of
Chester, who held it for a considerable time, but was at last retaken by
the princes of North Wales.

{37b} Arfon, the country now called Carnarvonshire.

{37c} Beli. This was probably Beli Mawr, to whom our Bards generally
trace the pedigree of great men.

{37d} Eryri, Snowdon, which some suppose derived from mynydd eryrod, the
hill of eagles, but more probably from mynydd yr eiry, the hill of snow.
Snowdon, in English, signifies literally the hill of snow, from Snow and
Down, that being still a common name for a hill in England, as Barham
Downs, Oxford Downs, Burford Downs, &c.

{37e} Greidiawl, the name of a hero mentioned by Aneurin Gwawdrydd in
his Gododin.

{37f} Teivi, the name of a large river in Cardiganshire.

{38a} Bryneich, the men of Bernicia, a province of the Old Saxons in the
North of England. The inhabitants of Deira and Bernicia are called by
our ancient historians, Gwyr Deifr a Bryneich.

{38b} It was the policy of the British princes to make the Bards
foretell their success in war, in order to spirit up their people to
brave actions. Upon which account the vulgar supposed the