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See also:PLINLIMMON (Plynlimmon, Pumplumon, Pumlumon, Penlumon: Pumlumon is the name used locally: See also:pump means five: lumon, See also:chimney, See also:flag or See also:beacon; See also:pen, See also:head) , a See also:mountain of See also:Wales of the height of 2463 ft., equidistant (about to m.) from Machynlleth and Llanidloes. Much inferior in See also:elevation to See also:Snowdon or Cader Idris, Plinlimmon is certainly the most dangerous of the Welsh hills because of its quaking bogs. The scenery is comparatively poor, consisting chiefly of See also:sheep-See also:downs (in See also:Montgomeryshire) and barren turbaries (in See also:Cardiganshire). If the name means " five-beacons," only three of these are high, with a carnedd (See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone-See also:pile, probably a military or other landmark, rather than the legendary See also:barrow or See also:tomb) on each of the three. Plinlimmon is notable as the source of five streams—three small: the Rheidol, the Llyfnant and the Clywedog; and two larger and famous: the Wye (Gwy) and the See also:Severn (Hafren).
The morasses of Plinlimmon saw many a struggle, notably the See also:war to the See also:knife between See also:Owen Cyfeilog (ft. c. 900), See also:prince of Powys, and Hywel ab See also:Cadogan. Here also Owen See also:Glendower unfurled the banner of Welsh See also:independence; from here, in 1401, he harassed the See also:country, sacking See also:Montgomery, burningWelshpool, and destroying Cwm Hir (See also:long " See also:combe," or valley) See also:abbey, of which some columns are said to be now in Llanidloes old See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church. On the See also:side of Plinlimmon, some 2 M. from the Steddfagurig See also:inn, is Blaen Gwy (the point of the Wye), the course of the streamlet being traceable up to See also:Pont-rhyd-galed (the hard See also:ford See also:bridge), some 4 M. distant from the inn. Near this bridge are numerous barrows and See also:cairns, on the right from See also:Aberystwyth. There are See also:slate quarries, with See also:lead and See also:copper mines. Machynlleth (perhaps Maglona in See also:Roman times) has Owen Glendower's " See also:senate See also:house " (1402), and is known as the See also:scene of Glendower's at-tempted assassination by Dafydd Gam. Llyn pen rhaiadr (the See also:waterfall-head See also:pool), or Pistyll y llyn (pool spout), is some 6 m. See also:south of Machynlleth. Llanidloes has a See also:trade in Plinlimmon slates and minerals besides See also:flannel and See also:wool manufactures.
End of Article: PLINLIMMON (Plynlimmon, Pumplumon, Pumlumon, Penlumon: Pumlumon is the name used locally: pump means five: lumon, chimney, flag or beacon; pen, head)
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