Ruthin
Ruthin is the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales as well as a community in the southerly part of the Vale of Clwyd. The older community, the castle as well as St Peter's Square lie on a hillside, but several newer components in the flood plain of the River Clwyd. This emerged numerous times in the late 1990s-- flood-control works setting you back £ 3 million were finished in autumn 2003. Ruthin is skirted by towns such as Pwllglas and also Rhewl. The name comes from the Welsh words rhudd (red) as well as cacophony (fort), showing the colour of the sandstone bedrock, of which the castle was built in 1277-- 1284. The original name was Castell Coch yng Ngwern-fôr (Red Castle in the Sea Swamps). The mill is nearby. Maen Huail is a signed up ancient monument credited to the sibling of Gildas and also King Arthur, located outside Barclays Bank in St Peter's Square. The population at the 2001 Census was 5,218, of whom 47 percent were male and also 53 percent female. The average age of the population was 43.0 years and the population is 98.2 percent "white". According to the 2011 census, 68 percent were birthed in Wales as well as 25 percent in England. Welsh audio speakers account for 42 per cent of the town's population.