Seven Wonders of Wales

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Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales

The Seven Wonders of Wales is a traditional list of notable landmarks in Wales, commemorated in an anonymously written rhyme:

Pistyll Rhaeadr and Wrexham steeple,

Snowdon's mountain without its people,

Overton yew trees, St Winefride wells,

Llangollen bridge and Gresford bells.

There is supposition that the rhyme was written sometime in the late 18th or early 19th century by an English visitor to North Wales.^[1]

The Steeple of St Giles Church in Wrexham is one of the Seven Wonders of Wales

The seven wonders comprise:

• Pistyll Rhaeadr – the tallest waterfall in Wales
• Wrexham Steeple – the 16th-century tower of St. Giles Church, Wrexham
• Overton yew trees – ancient yew trees in the churchyard at St Mary's in Overton-on-Dee
• St Winefride's Well – pilgrimage site at Holywell, Flintshire
• Llangollen bridge – a bridge over the River Dee built in 1347
• Gresford bells – the peal of bells in the mediaeval All Saints' Church, Gresford
• Snowdon – the highest mountain in Wales

[edit] See also

• Seven Wonders of the World

[edit] Notes and references

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