Craig y Forwyn (Denbighshire)

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

  1. ↑ Black's Guide to North Wales (21st ed.). London: Adam and Charles Black. 1897. p. 144. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Eglwyseg". Clwyd Metal Mines Survey. Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  3. ↑ 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 / 53.0223; -3.1439

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