Mafsheq is separated from Kruje region by Shkreta creek (Albanian: prroji i Shkretes) and the famous Weeping Gorge (Albanian: Gryka e vajes), where after the fall of the city of Kruja to the Ottomans in the 14th century AD, about ninety ethnic Albanian women jumped from a nearby cliff to their death.

The water is clean, and there are caves and ancient ruins which date back thousands of years.

Mafsheq is also known for the people that have jumped off cliffs and died[citation needed] there are also small family grave sites.

the village of Mafsheq (Mavroshak) appears in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a hass-ı mir-liva property in the vilayet of Akçahisar.

The settlement had a total of six households which were represented by: Duka Gjika, Ilia Sirodi, Nikolla Kipota, Pal Mavroshuji, Gjergj Besraku, and Lesh Suma.