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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Trellyffaint Burial Chamber is in Trellyffaint, Nevern, Prehistoric Wales Neolithic Burials.
Archaeologia Cambrensis 1844 Pages 129-144. Trellyfan Cromlech [Trellyffaint Burial Chamber [Map]] (cut B) has never been engraved, and is very seldom mentioned even in the most satisfactory guide-books. The capstone has partly slipped on one side, so that it is not certain how far it resembled that of Llechytribedd, which is inclined at an angle. This is so often the case that there appears to be some reason for it; for it generally happens, as in the Newport Cromlech, that the entrance is higher, and more accessible for moving and replacing the slab that closes the entrance. This inclination of the capstone is, however, rather the exception than the general rule, the horizontal position much depending on the shape of the stone.
Archaeologia Cambrensis 1872 Pages 81-143. Nearer Nevern is the cromlech of Trellyffant or Trellyffan [Map], near Tredrysi. The capstone measures 6 ft. 10in. by 6 ft., and has an average thickness of 2 ft. 4 ins. It has been forced from its original position on the supporters, and turned sideways. Sir Gardner Wilkinson alludes to a small stone inserted between the south: south-west corner of the covering slab, and a supporter which is probably the last relic of the original dry rubble-work, and not intended to act as a wedge assisting in the support of the capstone. Sir Gardner conjectures that the raised ground on which this monument stands may be the remains of a former mound.