9* A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



The village of Diferth is about two miles 

 and a half eail of Rhyddlan, the church 

 {lands in a romantic bottom, and is finely 

 overfhaded with feveral large yew trees 

 growing around it. In the church-yard 

 are many very fingular tomb-ftones ; but 

 two in particular attracted my attention, as 

 being not, as ufual, altar-fhaped, but having 

 a femicircular ftone upon the top of each 

 of them. They are of an antient date, and 

 belong to a family of the name of Hughes. 

 Here is alfo a curious and much orna- 

 mented old pillar, whofe ufe I could form 

 no idea of. 



The caftle ftands on the fummit of a 

 high lime- ftone rock, at the diftance of 

 half a mile from the village. Its prefent 

 remains are very trifling, being nothing 

 more than a few mattered fragments. From 

 hence there is a fine prolpecl: of part of the 

 Vale of Clwyd. 



Diferth 



