Welsh Journals

108 MONA ANTIQUA. probably corlan; but this latter word is not so gene¬ rally used as the former. Out of forty-two sheep-pens on the Llanllechid mountain, thirty nine are called buarthau, while three only are called corlanau. But the word corlan, if originally applied exclusively to sheep-pens, has likewise departed from its primitive sig¬ nification, for the court attached to a pig-sty is now called a corlan, as corlan-cwt-mochyn (pig-sty-court). E. Owen. Llanllechid. MONA ANTIQUA. EARLY REMAINS AT LLANEUGRAD, ANGLESEY. The limestone rocks on the north-east coast of An¬ glesey, commencing at Penrhos Lligwy, extend inland for several miles in a southerly direction, and rise at intervals in a succession of steps which present their precipitous edges to the north, whilst their surfaces, in most instances, dip gently towards the south. At the abrupt eastern termination of one of these elevated steps, or plateaus, about a quarter of a mile north of Llaneugrad church, is situated the fortified British village, or camp of Parciau, so called at present be¬ cause annexed to a farm of that name in the parish of Llaneugrad. The view obtained from this spot has its peculiar interest. Towards the north it is barred in by the rocky and heath-clad eminence called Bodavon mountain, at the foot of which, nestling in plantations, may be seen the birthplace of an eminent member of our Association, and near to it Penrhos Lligwy Church, archseologically rich in the inscribed sepulchral stone of St. Macutus [Arch. Camb., 1864, p. 105). To the right of Penrhos Lligwy, and dis¬ tant about three-quarters of a mile from Parciau, are the woods of Lligwy farm which, under the protection of Lord Boston, screen from final demolition the re¬ markable and interesting stronghold noticed by the