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Corwen is a town in Denbighshire North East Wales. It sits at the foot of the Berwyn Mountains on the banks of the River Dee. The town is situated between the Welsh Border Lands and the Snowdonia National Park. Corwen is best known for its connections with Owain Glyndwr, sometimes Owen Glendower, the Welsh nobleman who declared himself Prince of Wales and led the Welsh in their final struggle for independence from the English.

The iron-age hill fort of Caer Drewyn close to Corwen has been witness to the often violent history of the Dee Valley from Roman times through to the medieval campaigns of the English Kings and indeed may have protected Glyndwr himself in the early 15th century. Close by is Capel Rūg built in 1637 by William Salesbury. The Chapel contains fine seventeenth-century interior fittings. Salesbury scorned the plainness of the Puritan Chapels and fortunately for us had the money to do something about it. He gave free reign to craftsmen and the result is a collection of fantastic carved screens, pews, and most spectacular of all is the roof, panelled and coloured from end to end, decked with cut-out angels, and lined with a frieze of flowers and beasts. A real poke in the eye for those Puritans who had desecrated so many of the old Welsh Churches. more information about Corwen