Defynnog

The Old Yew Tree

Defynnog

Defynnog Church

ywen hynafol sydd dros 3,000 mlwydd oed!!!

ancient yew, the largest of 4 yew trees in the churchyard, and reputed to be over 3,000 years old!!!

St Cynog's

C15 tower

Eglwys Defynnog

Sandstone pillar inscribed in Latin and possibly Ogham and dating to the 5th-6th Century AD. The Latin text reads as "RVGMIATIO/FI0LI VENDONI" - translated to "The stone of Rugniato, son of Vendonus" The stone was later reused when a cross was inscribed into it in the 7th - 9th Century. In the fourteenth Century the stone was used in the wall of the church tower

medieval font

corff yr eglwys

pulpit

church interior

yr allor

tu fewn i'r eglwys

nave

lyche gate

Defynnog village

safle Capel Tabernacle a ddymchwelyd yn 1992

Defynnog

country lane

gadael yr heol

footpath above an ancient neglected hollow way

ascending the hill

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