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^rcljaeolojjia Cambrensis. No. III.—JULY, 1846.—SUPPLEMENT. mona medijEva. No. III. Trefdraeth. This is a rectory, with the chapelry of Llangwyfen, which has been previously described, attached. The place signifies the " town on the marsh," an appellation derived from its proximity to the Malltraeth, once a sandy sestuary, now a tract of rich marsh land. The church, which has been lately repaired in a judicious manner, but without any restoration of importance being attempted, and is in good condition, consists of a main aisle, and a chapel project¬ ing at right angles from it on the south side, near the east end. The internal dimensions of the nave or principal aisle are fifty-nine feet in length by fifteen feet, at the west, and twelve feet six inches at the east end; those of the chapel are fourteen feet from east to west, by seventeen feet from north to south. There is a single bell-gable newly con¬ structed over the west end of the nave; the church is entered by a porch on the south side, and by a plain doorway on the north. No stoup nor piscina remain in the church; but the font, which is not later than the twelfth century, (see plate in No. I.,) stands at the western end. A modern window occurs in the north wall, and a square-headed one, of two lights, with a label ending in elongated human heads, in the south wall; there is a single loop in the west gable, and in the east gable a window of three lights, cinquefoiled, with flowing tracery in the head, of decorated character; and a small one is in the wall south of the altar. The prevailing style of the building is late decorated or early perpendicular. The chapel is entered by a low doorway in its west wall; has a square-headed window of two cinquefoiled lights on the ARCH. CAMB. VOL. I.] K K