Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery  by George Henry Borrow
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			 "And this is the hill of Owain Glyndwr?" said I. "Dyma Mont Owain Glyndwr, sir, lle yr oedd yn sefyll i edrych am ei elvnion yn dyfod o Gaer Lleon. This is the hill of Owain Glendower, sir, where he was in the habit of standing to look out for his enemies coming from Chester." "I suppose it was not covered with trees then?" said I. "No, sir; it has not been long planted with trees. They say, however, that the oaks which hang over the river are very old." "Do they say who raised this hill?" "Some say that God raised it, sir; others that Owain Glendower raised it. Who do you think raised it?" "I believe that it was raised by man, but not by Owen Glendower. He may have stood upon it, to watch for the coming of his enemies, but I believe it was here long before his time, and that it was raised over some old dead king by the people whom he had governed." "Do they bury kings by the side of rivers, sir?" "In the old time they did, and on the tops of mountains; they burnt their bodies to ashes, placed them in pots and raised heaps of earth or stones over them. Heaps like this have frequently been opened, and found to contain pots with ashes and bones."  | 
		
			
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