- Craig y Forwyn, Denbighshire
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For the cliff formerly in Denbighshire but now in Conwy County Borough, see Craig y Forwyn, Conwy.
Craig y Forwyn
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 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. http://books.google.com/books?id=FnoVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA144. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ "Eglwyseg". Clwyd Metal Mines Survey. Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. http://www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/mines/18066.htm. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ^ Borrow, George (1862). Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery. Chapter 61. http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/borrow/george/wild/chapter61.html. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
External links
Categories:- Denbighshire
- Clwyd geography stubs
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