The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

PEMBEOKESHIEE. 67
fisheries, has but a small harbour, which larger vessels can enter only with the
tide. Travelling up the lovely valley of the Teifi, we reach Lampeter, a bright
market town in a fine situation, and the seat of a college of the Church of
England. North of it lies Tregaron, to the north-west of which are the ruins of
Strata Florida, an abbey founded in 1184.
Pembrokeshire is called in Welsh Penfro—that is, " Head of the Peninsula "'
—a very appro^Driate name for a county forming the south-western extremity of
Wales. The surface of Pembrokeshire is for the most part undulating, and rises
in the Mynydd Preseley to a height of 1,758 feet. The coast is generally bold.
Fig. 35.—MiLFORD Haven.
Scale 1 : 330,000.
Depth under 10 Fathom!. 10 to 20 Fathoms ) to '66 Fathoms.
- 6 Miles.
Hov.rfordwest
Over 33 Fathoms.
W.Of Gr
and Milford Haven, a veritable, fiord with many ramifications, penetrates far
inland. It is easily accessible, and capable of affording shelter to the combined
merchant fleet of England, but owing to its remote situation no great mercantile
harbour has arisen on its shores.
Pembrokeshire is Welsh in its northern, English in its southern half, and the
line separating the two races is well marked, extending from the northern part of
St. Bride's Bay to Narberth, which lies to the east of it. When Arnulf de
Montgomery conquered the country, in the reign of Henry I., he no doubt brought
English settlers with him. These were on two subsequent occasions reinforced b}'