Britannia, volume the first, or, An illustration of the Kingdom of England and dominion of Wales by a geographical and historical description of the principal roads thereof, actually admeasured and delineated in a century of whole-sheet copper-sculps : accomodated with the ichnography of the several cities and capital towns, and compleated by an accurate account of the more remarkable passages of antiquity : together with a novel discourse of the present state / by John Ogilby ...

The Road from Prestain to Carmarthen.

• 1. THE Point of Bearing E. N. E.
• 2. The direct Horizontal Distance 60 M.
• 3. The vulgar Computation 46 M.
• 4. The Dimensuration 61 M.

From Prestain	Comp.	Measure.
to New Radnor	4	04	05’4	05’4
Bealth	8	12	10’2	15’6
Ludlowvaugh	9	21	12’0	27’6
Llanimdofry	5	26	07’0	34’6
to Abermarlis	5	31	06’2	41’0
Rue-Raddor	6	37	08’0	49’0
Carmarthen	9	46	12’0	61’0
	46		61’0

Radnorshire, Brecknocksh. and Carmarthensh. are the Counties that include the whole Road; and the Somergil, Edway, Wye, Vervar, Brane, Towy, Dulas, Cothy and Gwilly, the principal Rivers crost over; affording but an indifferent Way to Llanimdofry, yet thence to Carmarthen very good; hath several Inns on the Road to accomodate Tra∣vellers, besides those in the Towns past through.

Forward Turnings to be avoided.

• At 3 Furl. the Right to Riadergowy.
• At 3’6. At the End of Kinerton the Left to Kineton.
• At 7’2. The Left to Llanihangle-nant-Melon.
• At 7’6. The Left to HEREFORD.
• At 8 M. the Right forward.
• At 17’5. at the End of Cavenabeth the Right to Llanavan.
• At 35 M. the Right to Cardigan.
• At 41’1. The Left to Llangadock.
• At 45’6. The Left to Llandilovawr.
• At 50’0. The Left to the Golden Grove.

PRoceeding from the Town-Hall in Prestain, at 3 Furlongs you omit the acute or forward Way on the Right that leads to Riadergowy and bear to the Left, and at 1’1. descend a Hill of 6 Furlongs, at the Bottom whereof you leave Beg∣gars Bush on your Right, a Noted Place so call'd; whence at 3’4. you pass through a small Village call'd Kinerton; and at 4’3. by some scattering Houses on the Road, you are convey'd at 5’3. to New Radnor extending 3 Furlongs on the Road, is the Shire-Town, formerly enjoy'd a Market, and was Govern'd by a Bailiff and 25 Burgesses, enjoying large Immunities, is at present a poor Town consisting in about 40 Houses, yet hath 3 Fairs annually, viz. Trinity Tuesday, St. Lukes Day, and the 3d. of August; and one good Inn of Accomodation; sending one Burgess to Parlia∣ment: about a Furlong to the Right stood the Castle now quite ruin'd; and about a Mile to the Left Old Radnor, in British Maiseveth-hean, and from its eminent situ∣ation Pen-crag, conceiv'd to be the Magnos or Magnim in Antonine; and to give De∣nomination to the Massegetes, Inhabitants of this Tract.

From Radnor you cross several small Waters, and at 7’1. ascend an Hill of a Mile in Height, where you leave Llanihangle-nant-Melon Church a little on the Left, and at the Top you descend again a Mile; whence by some scattering Houses, and crossing the Edway, you are convey'd at 12’5. by an Inn call'd Matt's on the Left, a Place of good Accomodation; thence at 15’1. you pass through Llanelvaugh a small Village, and at 15’5. crossing the River Wye over a Wooden-Bridg, you at once enter Brecknockshire and the Town of Bealth alias Bealt, a small Market-Town of 3 Furlongs, as in CHESTER to Cardiff, pag. 127.

At 16’3. over a Wood-Bridg you cross the River Vervar, and at 17’5. pass through Cavenabeth a small Village; whence by several disperst Houses, and by Mr. Prices's House on the Right, you come at 19’6. to Llanavar another small Village, and at 21 Miles to a Wooden-Bridg call'd Ponteridgley over a Brook; then passing again by some Houses, at 22 Miles you descend 3 Furlongs, and at 23 Miles leave Mr. Lloyd's House on the Right, and crossing 2 or 3 small Brooks, by some Hou∣ses on the Left, ascend a Hill of 9 Furlongs; whence a straight open Way sprink∣led

with Houses, brings you at 27’6. to a House on the Right call'd Ludlowvaugh, where you enter Carmarthenshire.

At 28’7. you descend an Hill of 12 Furlongs, and at the Bottom pass by seve∣ral discontinued Houses on the Road; whence at 31’3. you come to Mr. Gwynn's Park on the Left, which accompanies your Road a Mile together, and a little after his House on your Right call'd Llanbrain; whence sprinkled Houses conveys you at 33’3. to the small River Brane; and at 34’2. to Llanvararbryn a small Village, and 3 Furlongs farther Llanimdofry a small Market-Town, but an eminent Thorough-fare, as in Monmouth to Llanbeder, pag. 153.

At the End of the Town, omitting the acute Way on the Right to Cardigan, you cross the Towy, and leave Llandingad Church on the Left, and proceeding by several disperst Houses, touch upon the Banks of the Towy on the Left at 38 Miles; whence crossing several small Waters or Rills, your Way being indifferent straight, brings you at 40’2. to a Wood-Bridg over a Brook, and 3 Furlongs farther to an Inn on your Left call'd Mas Goodwin, affording very good Entertainment, 2 Furlongs be∣yond which you cross a Part of the Dulas, leaving Abermarlos Sr. Francis Cornwallis's House on the Right; then by some scattering Houses and over a small Brook, you ascend an Hill of 4 Furlongs, and pass through a scattering Village call'd Caven-Glossen: At 43’3. you descend 3 Furlongs and pass by some Houses on the Road, and 4 Furlongs beyond through a small Village call'd Cowen Gathbury.

At 45 Miles you cross another Branch of the Dulas over a Wood-bridg, and at 46 Miles ascend a Hill of 5 Furlongs, and descend again 2 Furlongs; then at 47’3 you pass by some Houses on the Right call'd Vare Lloyd; and after by several scat∣tering Houses on the Road come to Rue Raddor a small Village, where you cross another Part of the Dulas also over a Wooden-Bridg, and ascending a small Hill, again pass by some discontinued Houses on the Road; and at 50’2. leave Aber-glas∣seny House on the Left 2 Furlongs; whence again your Road is sprinkled with Hou∣ses: crossing a Brook at 53’2. over a Wood-bridg, you enter on a Pav'd Cause∣way continuing about 6 Furlongs; then at 55 Miles you pass by some scattering Houses, and cross the Cothy over a Bridg of Wood.

At 58 Miles you pass by the White Mill, a Ridg of Hills accompanying your Road on the Right, and the Towy on the Left; whence at 59’4. you enter Aberguilly, an indifferent larrge Village, chiefly inhabited by Fisher-Men, in which is Aberguilly House a Seat of the Bishop of St. David's: At 59’6. you cross a Part of the Guilly over a Bridg of Wood, and 2 Furlongs farther the other Branch of it over a Stone-Bridg of 4 Arches, and enter Carmarthen or Caer-marden at 60’4. by the Britains Caer-Firdhin, by Ptolomy Maridunum, by Antonine Muridunum: Is the Shire-Town, large, well-built, and well-inhabited; seated on the Navigable Towy, over which it hath a large Stone-Bridg, and a Key to which small Vessels arrive to unlade their Goods, &c. is said to have given Birth to Merlin the British Prophet or South-Sayer; has had its Share in Calamities, was once fortify'd with a Wall and strong Castle now ruinous; it was made by the English Princes the Chancery and Exchequer of South-Wales; it is at present a Town and County incorporate; enjoys ample Immuities, as keeping of Courts, Electing a Parliament Man, and being the Place where the As∣sizes are Held, &c. Is Govern'd by a Mayor, Recorder, 2 Sheriffs, 16 Aldermen cloth'd in Scarlet, &c. hath 2 Markets Weekly, on Wednsdays and Saturdays, well furnish'd with all sorts of Provisions, and 4 Fairs annually, viz. Lammas Day, the 23d. of August, Michaelmas Eve, and Alhallon Day.

Backward Turnings to be avoided.

• 1. 5 Furl. short of Aberguilly the Left for∣ward to Castle Biggeth.
• 2. Against the White Mill the Left.
• 3. 3 Furl. beyond the Pav'd Causeway the Right to the Golden Grove.
• 4. In Rue Raddor the Right to Llandilovawr.
• 5. In Llanimdofry the R. forward to Brecknock
• 6. 1 Furl. beyond Llanimdofry the Left to Killcomb.
• 7. At the entring Bealth the Left acute.
• 8. At the end of Bealth the R. to the Hay.
• 9. 6 Furl. beyond Edway Brook, the Right to Keinton, and the Left acute.
• 10. 5 Furl. short of Llanihangle-nant-Melon, the Left to Llanidlos.
• 11. 3 Furl. short of Beggars Bush the Left to Knighton.

Notes

• Counties past through. Rivers crost over. The quality of the way.
• Acute turnings to be a∣voided.
• Prestain, W. by N.
• 3 Miles S. W. b. W.]
• Kinerton, 3’4.
• New Radnor, 5’4.
• Llanelvaugh, 15’1.
• Bealth, 15’6. S. W.
• Cavenabeth, 17’5.
• Llanaver, 19’6.
• [22 Miles S.W. b. S.]
• [31’2. S.W. b. W.]
• Llanimdofry, 34’6. S. S. W.
• Abermarlos, 41 M.
• Caven Glossen, 42 M. Cowen Gathbury, 14’3
• Vare Lloyd, 47’3.
• Rue Raddor, 49 Miles W. S. W.
• [50’5. S. W.]
• Aberguilly, 59’4.
• Carmarthen, 61 M.