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If the name of this very extraordinary monument was Breingwin,
then Mr. Pennant, from Rowland, has pointed out its use, viz. 'a
supreme consistry of druidical administration, as the British
name imports.' But if the present name be a Saxon corruption of
the ancient name, which probably was Mysirion, by the Saxons
pronounced Maybirion, or Maybir, and to bring its till (sic)
nearer to their own language, Mayburgh, then this conjecture
being admitted, it will signify a place of study and
contemplation [1]. Such places the druids had, and were the
public school destined for the colloquial instruction of pupils
in mysteries of religion, and the arcana of civil government.
Druidical remains are frequent in the neighbourhood, and many of
them similar; but Mayburgh is such a huge and singular
construction, that it must have been designed for some
extraordinary use.
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From the beacon the views are many, all extensive and vast. The
eye is in the centre of a plain, inclosed with a circle of
stupendous mountains of various forms. The plain is adorned with
many ancient towns, and more ancient castles, stations, and
castellums, where the Roman eagle long displayed her wings; but
which are now possessed by a happier people, who enjoy, with
freedom,
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