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 town, the castle and St Peter's Square lie on a hillside, however numerous more recent parts in the flood plain of the River Clwyd. This arised several 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 as well as Rhewl. The name comes from the Welsh words rhudd (red) and hullabaloo (ft), reflecting 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 bro 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 per cent were male as well as 53 percent female. 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 per cent were birthed in Wales and 25 percent in England. Welsh speakers account for 42 per cent of the community's population.
