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 also St Peter's Square lie on a hillside, yet several more recent components 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 fall 2003. Ruthin is skirted by villages such as Pwllglas and Rhewl. The name originates from the Welsh words rhudd (red) and racket (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 neighbors. Maen Huail is a registered ancient monument attributed to the brother of Gildas and 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 per cent woman. The typical age of the population was 43.0 years as well as the population is 98.2 per cent "white". According to the 2011 census, 68 per cent were birthed in Wales as well as 25 percent in England. Welsh speakers represent 42 per cent of the town's population.