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Glyndwr's Mount

Glyndwr's Mount

Last updated: 20 January 2009

On the banks of the River Dee, this tree-covered mound was the site of Owain Glyndwr's house near Carrog, Corwen.

Owain Glyndwr It was also the spot where Owain Glyndwr was proclaimed Prince of Wales by his followers on September 16 1400.

The site is deemed of historical importance to Wales and, in January 2009, Welsh monument preservation society, CADW, announced it was to spend money on the site to protect its future.

The chief inspector of Welsh monuments told the BBC Radio Wales Roy Noble programme that without action there was concern the site, basically a mound of earth, was in danger of "slipping down the hillside".

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