Tours > Wales > Corwen Corwen
The little market town of Corwen, nestled in the Dee Valley claims fame as the place where Welsh patriot Owain Glyndwr gathered his army for the assault on Shrewsbury during his rebellion in 1400. A mark of a dagger dating from the seventh - ninth century on the priest's door is known as Glyndwr's Sword (it is reported that local people still whisper and look furtively about when discussing the Welsh hero).
A more modern claim to fame for Corwen dates from 1789 when an Eisteddfod was arranged at the Owain Glyndwr Hotel by London Welshmen anxious to revive the ancient bardic customs of Wales. It laid the foundation for the present national eisteddfod. Corwen is reached on the A483 from Wrexham and the A5 from Llangollen. It can also be reached on the A494 from Ruthin.
