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Artist to light up Moel Famau's Jubilee Tower

A beam of light will be shone from the highest point of the Clwydian Range, to mark the 200th anniversary of Moel Famau's Jubilee Tower.

The tower's foundation stone was laid on 25 October 1810 to commemorate King George III's Golden Jubilee.

Wrexham-based artist Chris Oakley has been commissioned by Flintshire and Denbighshire councils to install a light beam in the tower.

It will be one of a series of events planned in October.

The councils hopes residents and visitors will attend a procession on 24 October to recreate the celebrations 200 years ago....
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