Ruthin
Ruthin is the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales and a community in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd. The older town, the castle and also St Peter's Square lie on a hillside, yet numerous newer parts 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 completed in autumn 2003. Ruthin is skirted by villages such as Pwllglas and also Rhewl. The name comes from the Welsh words rhudd (red) and hullabaloo (ft), mirroring the colour of the sandstone bedrock, of which the castle was constructed 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 credited to the brother of Gildas as well as 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 53 percent lady. The average age of the population was 43.0 years and the population is 98.2 per cent "white". According to the 2011 census, 68 percent were born in Wales and 25 percent in England. Welsh audio speakers make up 42 percent of the town's population.
