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***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN ACCOUNT OF VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY,
LLANGOLLEN***
Transcribed by David Price from the 1891 Hugh Jones, Llangollen, edition, email ccx074@pglaf.org
AN ACCOUNT
OF
VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY,
LLANGOLLEN.
And all the Recent Discoveries.
Price Twopence.
LLANGOLLEN: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY HUGH JONES.
1891.
Valle Crucis Abbey.
The venerable ruin of Abbey de Valle Crucis—in other words, Abbey of the Vale of the Cross, or, as the Welsh call it, Mynachlog y Glynn, Mynachlog Glynn Egwestl, Mynachlog Llan Egwestl, Mynachlog Glyn Eliseg, and Mynachlog Pant y Groes—is situated in a lovely and sequestered valley, about two miles from Llangollen, on the right of the road towards Ruthin, and is approached by most delightful routes.
We go over the Dee Bridge and follow the road to the left, or we may take a walk for about a mile along the canal side (reached by the footpath leading through the wicket nearly opposite the Railway Station), passing over the third bridge, before reaching Pentrefelin Slate Wharf, into the road again. About a quarter of a mile further on there is a gate leading to a field on the right, through which a path wends right to the grand old Abbey. Those more inclined to drive the distance can have their demands satisfied at reasonable charges at the cab-stand and the hotels; while to those who would prefer gliding along the smooth water of the canal as far as Pentrefelin Wharf, ample opportunity is afforded by pleasure boats, which run at intervals daily in that direction. Or the place may be reached by travelling per rail to Berwyn Station, then crossing the Dee by the Chainbridge, whence the distance to the Abbey is only half a mile.
The sequestered spot on which was built the Abbey in the year 1,200, by Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, Lord of Dinas Bràn, and from which it takes its name, was known as Pant-y-Groes, or
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