This neat and well-kept church stands on a hill – ‘Clocaenog’ means ‘mossy knoll’ – above the village.

The restored interior is dominated by a fine ‘rood screen’ (see Derwen), its top rail intricately carved with trailing foliage and its lower panels with ‘candle-flame’ motifs.

The window now displays fragments of its original stained glass, including heads of men and angels and (in the topmost left-hand light) the nail-pierced feet of a crucified Christ.

The roof is also late medieval, as may be the massive dug-out chest hewn from a single tree trunk.

Further information and opening times from Diocesan Office, High Street, St Asaph, LL17 0RD Phone number: 01745 582245 [3] Clocaenog's population was 254, according to the 2011 census;[5] a 9.48% increase since the 232 people noted in 2001.