Craig y Forwyn (Denbighshire)
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Craig y Forwyn ("Maiden's Crag") is a crag that encloses the northern side of World's End, near the town of Llangollen in Denbighshire, Wales.[1] It is part of the limestone escarpment that separates the Eglwyseg Valley from the higher Ruabon Moors and, along with nearby Craig Arthur, is a popular site for rock climbing. Evidence of lead and silver mining is found just to the west.[2] The Offa's Dyke Path runs along its foot.
The crag is mentioned in George Borrow's Wild Wales: Borrow, while walking from Llangollen to Wrexham, meets a local whom he asks about the origin of its name, receiving the response "I do not know sir; some people say that it is called so because its head is like that of a woman, others because a young girl in love leaped from the top of it and was killed."[3]
References[]
- ^ Black's Guide to North Wales (21st ed.). London: Adam and Charles Black. 1897. p. 144. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ "Eglwyseg". Clwyd Metal Mines Survey. Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ Borrow, George (1862). Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery. Chapter 61. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
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Coordinates: 53°01′20″N 3°08′38″W / 53.0223°N 3.1439°W
- Cliffs of Denbighshire
- Clwyd geography stubs