Ruthin
Ruthin is the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales as well as an area in the southerly part of the Vale of Clwyd. The older community, the castle and St Peter's Square lie on a hillside, however lots of newer parts in the flood plain of the River Clwyd. This emerged several times in the late 1990s-- flood-control works costing £ 3 million were finished in autumn 2003. Ruthin is skirted by villages such as Pwllglas and Rhewl. The name originates from the Welsh words rhudd (red) and hullabaloo (fort), mirroring 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 attributed to the bro 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 as well as 53 per cent 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 born in Wales and also 25 percent in England. Welsh audio speakers make up 42 percent of the community's population.