Melin-y-Wig

Melin-y-Wig is a village in Denbighshire, Wales. It is situated on the River Clwyd (Welsh: Afon Clwyd). Rising in the nearby Clocaenog Forest (grid reference SJ045535), the river flows due south up to Melin-y-Wig, when it suddenly changes direction north-eastwards:[1]

> After flowing in a generally southerly direction from Waen Ganol to Melin-y-Wig, the river turns abruptly eastwards to flow through a deep, narrow gorge north of Moel Clegyr, swings north and northeast round Dinas and then continues on a course somewhat north of east below Derwen ...[2]

The village once had its own school, but in the mid-1960s, it was decided to close it in favour of the primary school in Betws Gwerful Goch.[3] The last headteacher was Mr Oswyn Williams.

Melin-y-Wig is noted for a Welsh nursery rhyme about it:

> Bachgen bach o Felin-y-wig,
>  welodd o 'rioed damaid o gig;
>  Gwelodd falwen ar y bwrdd,
>  cipiodd ei gap a rhedodd i ffwrdd.

This translates as:

> A little boy from Melin-y-wig,
>  he never saw a morsel of meat;
>  He saw a snail on the table,
>  he snatched his hat and ran away.

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## Dinas Melin-y-Wig

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Dinas Melin-y-Wig (53°01′53″N 3°25′09″W﻿ / ﻿53.0313°N 3.4191°W﻿ / 53.0313; -3.4191﻿ (Dinas Melin-y-Wig)) is the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, dated about c. 800 BC – AD 74. The monument has helped understanding of later prehistoric defensive organisation and settlement.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "River Clwyd | river, Wales, United Kingdom | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
2. ^ Brown, E. H.; Harris, A. N. (1969). "Drainage Diversions in the Upper Clwyd Valley". Geography. 54 (2): 140–151\. ISSN 0016-7487. JSTOR 40566780.
3. ^ "Ysgol Betws Gwerfil Goch". Denbighshire County Council. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
4. ^ Pedersen, Torben (2005). "HTTPS, Secure HTTPS". Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security. pp. 268–269\. doi:10.1007/0-387-23483-7_189. ISBN 978-0-387-23473-1.
5. ^ "Dinas Melin-y-Wig, Betws Gwerfil Goch (Betws Gwerful Goch), Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)". ancientmonuments.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-30.

This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence: "Scheduled Monuments- Full Report – Dinas Melin-y-Wig". Llywodraeth Cymru. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

53°01′38″N 3°25′59″W﻿ / ﻿53.02722°N 3.43306°W﻿ / 53.02722; -3.43306