HistoryPoints News

Jun 10, 2014

The last wolf in Wales


It's said that Coed y Bleiddiau, near Blaenau Ffestiniog, is where the last wolf in Wales was killed. Now you can see a living "wolf" of a different sort there - made of ...

growing willow. 400 rods of salix viminalis were planted in 2010 and have grown into the shape of a wolf with its head lifted to the sky. For more about this and the ancient oak woodland, scan the HistoryPoints QR codes by the sculpture, or find it on your mobile in the Ffestiniog Railway history tour as you ride in a steam train past the site. Or click here to go straight to the web page