Pistyll Rhaeadr
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Description
Pistyll Rhaeadr is formed by the Afon Disgynfa (disgynfa also means "waterfall") falling, in three stages, over a Script error: No such module "convert".[1] cliff-face formed from Ordovician mudstones and tuffs,[2] below which the river is known as the Afon Rhaeadr. The tallest stage is estimated at Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] It is counted as one of the Seven Wonders of Wales and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The 19th-century author George Borrow, in his book Wild Wales, remarked of the waterfall: "What shall I liken it to? I scarcely know, unless it is to an immense skein of silk agitated and disturbed by tempestuous blasts, or to the long tail of a grey courser at furious speed. I never saw water falling so gracefully, so much like thin, beautiful threads as here."
There is car-parking space near the foot of the waterfall for people who want to explore the waterfall, with a café and a B&B alongside.
The waterfall is often referred to by the media,[4][5] government sources,[6] and other sources[7] as the tallest in Wales or the tallest single drop in the United Kingdom.[8] However, it is not a single drop, and both its single drop height and its total height are surpassed by both the Devil's Appendix and Pistyll y Llyn, as well as several other waterfalls.[9][10]
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- ↑ i.e. the waterfall at the head of the Rhaeadr. The river name itself is from rhaeadr = "waterfall".
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