Ruthin
Ruthin is the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales and also an area in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd. The older community, the castle as well as St Peter's Square lie on a hill, but several newer components in the flood plain of the River Clwyd. This arised a number of times in the late 1990s-- flood-control jobs costing £ 3 million were finished in autumn 2003. Ruthin is skirted by towns such as Pwllglas and Rhewl. The name comes from the Welsh words rhudd (red) and also hullabaloo (fort), mirroring the colour of the sandstone bedrock, of which the castle was built in 1277-- 1284. The initial name was Castell Coch yng Ngwern-fôr (Red Castle in the Sea Swamps). The mill is nearby. Maen Huail is a registered ancient monument attributed to the bro of Gildas and also King Arthur, situated outside Barclays Bank in St Peter's Square. The population at the 2001 Census was 5,218, of whom 47 per cent were male and also 53 percent lady. The average age of the population was 43.0 years and also 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 speakers account for 42 percent of the community's population.
