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Gwningar;Gwyningar Cottage and Wood, near Chirk Castle

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Gwningar;Gwyningar Cottage and Wood, near Chirk Castle
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Gwningar Cottage and Wood stand beside Chirk Castle in Wrexham, preserving a name older than any clear date. The wood may have given shelter, timber or quiet company long before written memory reached it. Even without a proven date, the place still carries human life in its shape and name.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Gwningar;Gwyningar Cottage and Wood, near Chirk Castle as Place Name from the Unknown period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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