The Ruabon Moors are an area of upland moorland in Wales to the west of Ruabon and Wrexham . They lie partly within Wrexham County Borough and partly within Denbighshire .
6-460: In the northern part of the moors are the areas known as Minera Mountain and Esclusham Mountain . Further south are Ruabon Mountain and Eglwyseg Mountain . In the west the moors reach their greatest height at Cyrn-y-Brain , 565 metres (1,854 ft) above sea level. To the north and north-east, the moors are bounded by Minera Limeworks and the Clywedog valley. In the east they slope down to
12-630: The Offa's Dyke Path crosses the region. It is rife with controversy after two satellite tagged hen harriers mysteriously disappeared here in 2018 and a raven was found poisoned in 2019. 53°01′59″N 3°08′13″W / 53.033°N 3.137°W / 53.033; -3.137 Esclusham Mountain Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
18-576: The north-western side. Ruabon Moors are part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Site of Special Scientific Interest , hosting a wide variety of plant and animal life. Large parts of the moors are covered with heather . Where there are outcrops of limestone on the surface a number of scarce plants can be found such as prickly sedge , dark red helleborine and rigid buckler-fern . The moors are managed for red grouse shooting. Huge numbers were shot in
24-468: The original forest. Mining has taken place in the area since Roman times and there are still many shafts of disused lead , zinc , silver and coal mines dotting the area. During the Second World War bombs were dropped on the moors by German planes heading to and from Liverpool and a number of bomb craters can still be seen today. The area is popular with walkers and rock-climbers and
30-462: The past (an average of 4658 per year from 1900 to 1913) but numbers have now decreased dramatically. The area is also home to black grouse and a major conservation programme has caused their population to increase in recent years. Other birds which can be seen include peregrine falcon , merlin , hen harrier , short-eared owl and ring ouzel . The area has been modified by human activity since prehistoric times when people built cairns and cleared
36-577: The villages of Rhosllannerchrugog and Ruabon . There are several small reservoirs in this area. At the southern edge of the moors the cliffs of Eglwyseg Rocks overlook the River Dee and the Vale of Llangollen . On the western side there are more cliffs at World's End while the Horseshoe Pass separates the moors from Llantysilio Mountain . Llandegla Forest , a large conifer plantation, covers
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