High Road Around World's End

       My 10th generation grandfather down from the top, Gruffydd (JJ-1), would have been the first to reach his manhood at Llwyn-Ynn. Grazing cattle and sheep would have been one of his daily activities starting at a very young age. Learning the sword and spear would come along the way and, starting in earnest at age 14 years. Lloyd writes in his discussion of "WELSH SOCIETY IN 1200" (p.170), "They roamed their hills barefoot and thinly clad, slept in their day clothes on the hardest of couches, and never bemoaned the loss of a dinner." (p.175) Wow, what a life!

      Now Llwyn-Ynn and Llwyn-Onn were located some 20 miles apart along the paths leading above the north side of World's End. The following figure has been shown before, [post of 24 May 2022], and is now shown to give again the big picture of the geographic area being discussed.

      You can see the area circled in green surrounding the ground at the base of Mt Eglwyse. In my Reader's Guide Touring Britain 1992, describing World's End it states [p.158], "Limestone crags tower above wooded Eglwyseg valley. Remote and beautiful...".

      Just below Ruthin about two miles is the summer home Llwyn-Ynn. To the east is Wrexham the location of the winter home Llwyn-Onn. The following display shows the route traveled on the north side of World's End.

      You can follow the road south from Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd [location of Llwyn-Ynn] paralleling Offa's Dyke Path to its east crossing together at Peny-stryt. It continues east through Bwichgwyn, and then southeast to Wrexham [location of Llwyn-Onn]. Wow, this path from summer to winter is along the high road of World's End.