River Terrig
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Terrig (Afon Terrig) | |
River | |
The Terrig near Leeswood Old Hall.
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Name origin: From Welsh terydd, "swift", or terig, "violent, harsh" | |
Country | Wales |
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Counties | Denbighshire, Flintshire |
Source | |
- location | Llyn Cyfynwy, near Graianrhyd, Denbighshire |
- elevation | 370 m (1,214 ft) |
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Mouth | |
- location | confluence with River Alyn, Flintshire |
- elevation | 95 m (312 ft) |
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The River Terrig (Welsh: Afon Terrig) is a small river in north-east Wales.
The river rises at Llyn Cyfynwy near Graianrhyd village in the community of Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Denbighshire, about three miles from the source of the River Alyn.[1] It then flows northwards and eastwards, forming the boundary between the old parishes of Nercwys and Treuddyn. At Nant-y-Mynydd it is joined by several small springs from Mynydd Ddu, and finally itself joins the River Alyn at Pontblyddyn, Flintshire.[1]
The Terrig is a habitat for brown trout. Its name is derived from its rapid flow after times of heavy rain; Thomas Pennant, in his Tours in Wales, described it as "the Terrig, or the violent, [...] often of a tremendous swell and fury".[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cambridge County Geographies: Flintshire, Cambridge University Press, p.25
- ↑ Pennant, T. Tours in Wales, Volume 2, Wilkie and Robinson, 1810, p.44