110 A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



now ferves as the manfion of the war- 

 den. The tower is of a date much later 

 than the other parts of the building. 



Leland,* but without giving any par- 

 ticulars, fays there were once white fri- 

 ars at Ruthin in Dyffryn Clwyd ; Mr. 

 Pennant thinks their houfe may have 

 flood in the flreet, to this day called the 

 Prior's Street. 



The inhabitants of this place join 

 with Holt, in returning a member to 

 Parliament. 



The caftle was fituated on the north 

 fide of, and nearly on a level with the 

 town. Of this, the prefent remains are 

 only a few foundations of walls, and the 

 fragments of one or two of the towers, 

 fome of which appear to have been of a 

 great thicknefs. The ftone ufed in build- 

 ing it was red, from whence the place 

 was called Rhudd Ddin (or Dinas) the 



* Itin. V. 4 . 



5 red 



