DYLAS-HIGHER (DULAS), a hamlet, in the parish of CADOXTON-juxta-NEATH, hundred of NEATH, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES,
9 miles (N. N. E.) from Neath, containing 299 inhabitants. This hamlet derives its name from the small stream Dylas,
which falls into the Neath in the lower hamlet of the same name: it contains a chapel of ease, called Crynant chapel,
which is dedicated to St. Margaret. Fairs are held annually on Whit-Monday, September 29th, and November 20th. The Roman
Via Helena, otherwise Sam Helen, passed over the mountains in this hamlet: it diverged from the Julia Strata Maritima at
Neath, and connected that station with the military post Bannium, or Caer Bannau, three miles from the town of Brecknock.
This hamlet separately maintains its own poor: the average annual expenditure is £130. 19.