Glyndyfrdwy

Glyndyfrdwy, or sometimes Glyn Dyfrdwy, is a village in the modern county of Denbighshire, Wales. It is situated on the A5 road halfway between Corwen and Llangollen in the Dee Valley (the river Dee is Afon Dyfrdwy in Welsh).Owain GlyndŵrHistorically, the village is renowned for its association with Owain Glyndŵr. Near this village, at his manor of Glyndyfrdwy, Owain Glyndŵr (the Baron of Glyndyfrdwy) proclaimed himself Prince of Wales on 16 September 1400, so beginning his fourteen-year rebellion against English rule.The eroded remains of a 12th-century castle motte, known locally as Owain Glyndŵr's Mount (probably a corruption of mwnt meaning "motte"), was built to command the route through the Dee Valley. Owain's manor is likely to have been in the square moated area across a nearby field. This would have been defended by a water-filled moat, a palisade and a gate.The site was devastated in 1403 by the forces of Harry of Monmouth, English Prince of Wales, who later became King Henry V.In the Owain Glyndŵr Memorial Hall are artifacts associated with the man himself: a copy of the Pennal Letter to King Charles VI of France, a document of 1405 ratifying the terms of a 1404 treaty between Owain and the French, a letter confirming the appointments of Owain's Chancellor, Gruffydd Young and Owain's brother-in-law, John Hanmer as Ambassadors to the French Court, pictures of the Parliament house in Dolgellau, a portrait drawn from Owain's seal, and a replica of this seal.