Craig y Forwyn (Denbighshire)

For the cliff formerly in Denbighshire but now in Conwy County Borough, see Craig y Forwyn (Conwy).

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.

Craig y Forwyn

The crag is mentioned in George Borrow's Wild Wales. Borrow, while walking from Llangollen to Wrexham, notices "an enormous crag of a strange form rising to the very heavens". When a local tells him that it is called Craig y Forwyn, he asks about the origin of the 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. London: Collins. pp. 311–312. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

External links

• Photograph of Craig y Forwyn at Geograph.org

53.0223°N 3.1439°W / 53.0223; -3.1439