Melin-y-Wig


Melin-y-Wig is a village in Denbighshire, Wales. It is situated on the River Clwyd. Rising in the nearby Clocaenog Forest, the river flows due south up to Melin-y-Wig, when it suddenly changes direction north-eastwards:
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...

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. The last headteacher was Mr Oswyn Williams.
Melin-y-Wig is noted for a Welsh nursery rhyme about it:
This translates as:

Dinas Melin-y-Wig

Dinas Melin-y-Wig is the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, dated about c. 800 BCAD 74. The monument has helped understanding of later prehistoric defensive organisation and settlement.