NODDVA, a hamlet, in the parish of DABOWEN, union and hundred of MACHYNLLETH, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 6
miles (S. by N.) from Machynlleth; containing 528 inhabitants. The name of this townshlipostsicrniies a place of refuge,
from which it is sup that the parochial church, which is situated within its limits, and a certain tract around it, now
described by three stones, once afforded sanctuary to offenders against the laws. Each of these stones stands about one
mile from the church; one of them, called Carreg Noddva, or "the stone of refuge," near Cevn C6ch Ucha, to the east:
another, near Rhoadyrnog, rising nearly three rrde above the ground, to the south; and the thud, which is smaller, to the
north-east, near Cwm Bychan Mawr. Upon the summit of Vron 06eh, a hill about half a mile westward from the church, are
vestiges of an ancient intrenchment; and there is a tumulus on the top of another hill, designated Bwlch Gelli Las: near
the latter, on the sheep-walk of the farm Berllan Deg, a celt and various brazen military weapons were discovered a few
years since.