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For a St David's Day #StandingStoneSunday, a 19th Century Gorsedd circle at Plas Newydd, Llangollen. #Wales #Cymru #Gorsedd #Druids #Llangollen #Denbighshire

Jonlang 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Feb 2

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It would also mean that pretty much everyone in Wales would have a national park on their doorstep. How many other countries have that?
#Wales #Cymru #Glyndwr #Glyndŵr #Wrexham #Flintshire #Denbighshire #Gwynedd #Powys #Wrecsam #SirYFflint #SirDdinbych

Jonlang 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Feb 1

I think I’m in favour of the proposed Glyndŵr National Park. Yeah, it’ll scupper some planning arrangements but having the Dee Valley and Clwydian Range promoted from AONB to a National Park would be good for the local tourist economy.
#Wales #Cymru #Glyndwr #Glyndŵr #Wrexham #Flintshire #Denbighshire #Gwynedd #Powys #Wrecsam #SirYFflint #SirDdinbych

The Ghost Monk Jan 4

A detail of 'Christ With a Child' In St Tysilio's Church, Bryneglwys, #Denbighshire. The glass was given in about 1896 to the memory of John Yale, by his parents. John died aged 31, but choosing to use a portrait of him as a child is really affecting, I think. #StainedGlassSunday

The Ghost Monk Nov 21

Llanrahaedr-yng-Nghinmeirch, #Denbighshire, (which is easier to pronounce than you might expect) is/was haunted by the #ghost of the wicked local squire Dafydd Salusbury. #Folklore states that his damned spirit can be heard groaning as he rides invisibly round and round the village. #PhantomsFriday

The Ghost Monk Oct 26

The Devil gets busy in the corner of a window (I assume #Victorian) in the Church of St Mary and St Cynfarch, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd in #Denbighshire. I couldn't find any info on the stained glass in the window and I'm not even sure who it is he's whispering to. Judas, maybe? #StainedGlassSunday

The Ghost Monk Aug 24, 2025

The medieval church porch at Corwen, #Denbighshire has been built round a little standing stone bearing the splendid name of Carreg y Big yn y Fach Rhewllyd (the pointy stone in the icy nook). #Folklore suggests this may have been true of earlier churches on this ancient site. #StandingStoneSunday

pacoulmag Feb 21, 2025

This incredible font, sculpted from a single piece of oak wood,
Efenechtyd church, #Denbighshire, #Wales
#FontsOnFriday

DoomsdaysCW Jan 17, 2025

#Wales - Explosion fears over proposed huge battery farm

by Dafydd Evans, BBC News, January 16, 2025

"Concerns about fires and explosions have been raised over plans to build one of the UK largest #BatteryFarms.

"The Ynni Celyn project would create a 1,000MW #BatteryEnergyStorageSystem (BESS) site on green fields above the village of #Gwyddelwern in #Denbighshire.

"A public meeting will be held on Thursday, with some residents concerned about the safety of the site and potential #EnvironmentalDamage.

"Developer #NatPower said safety was 'paramount' and only about a third of the 75 acre site would house batteries.

"BESS are being built across the UK to help balance the electricity grid, which is becoming increasingly powered by #renewables.

"The systems hold electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind turbines and solar farms.

"Plans for the site, close to the #ClwydianHills and a planned new #NationalPark, were recently shown to the community.

"Dr Kevin Sharp lives near the proposed site and said it could create a 'potential catastrophe'.

"He added said: 'We know that these batteries can catch fire, explode and emit lots of very #ToxicGases.

"'I don't think anyone can guarantee the safety of everybody around here, should there be an incident.'

"'A small chance of a bad thing is an unacceptable risk for the people who live locally.'

"Demand for electricity is expected to double in Wales by 2050 as efforts to reduce carbon emissions continue and BESS sites are seen as providing a stable and reliable supply.

"Similarly sized projects are being built or have been approved.

"However, fires and explosions have been reported around the world including one at a 20MW site in #Liverpool in 2020.

"Jamie Corry also lives close to the site and said it was unsuitable due to the 'shocking' access for the fire service."

Battery farm fire concerns from Denbighshire residents

Residents are worried there could be a risk of fires breaking out at the site.

North Wales Storms News Jul 6, 2024

🌧️ #MetOffice have issued a Yellow Warning for Rain. Some parts of #Conwy, #Denbighshire and #Flintshire can expect some heavy showers 4am-10am Sunday.