Pistyll Rhaeadr

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FieldValue
namePistyll Rhaeadr
alt_nameLlanrhaeadr Waterfall
photoPistyll Rhaeadr 0073.JPG
photo_captionPistyll Rhaeadr. Note the natural arch in the middle.
mapWales
map_width220
reliefyes
coordinates
grid_ref_UKSJ 0726 2951
locationLlanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, Wales
typePlunge
height240 ft
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| name = Pistyll Rhaeadr | alt_name = Llanrhaeadr Waterfall | photo = Pistyll Rhaeadr 0073.JPG | photo_caption = Pistyll Rhaeadr. Note the natural arch in the middle. | map = Wales | map_width = 220 | relief = yes | coordinates = | grid_ref_UK = SJ 0726 2951 | location = Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, Wales | type = Plunge | height = 240 ft | height_longest = | number_drops = | average_flow = | world_rank = Pistyll Rhaeadr (, meaning "waterfall (of) Rhaeadr") is a waterfall 4 mi from the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in Powys, Wales, and 16 mi west of Oswestry.

Description

Pistyll Rhaeadr is formed by the Afon Disgynfa (disgynfa also means "waterfall") falling, in three stages, over a 240 ft cliff-face formed from Ordovician mudstones and tuffs, below which the river is known as the Afon Rhaeadr. The tallest stage is estimated at 40 m. 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, government sources, and other sources as the tallest in Wales or the tallest single drop in the United Kingdom. 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.

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References

  1. "Kerry Ridgeway". Powys County Council Tourism Services Unit.
  2. "1:50,0000 series, England and Wales sheet 136, Bala". British Geological Survey.
  3. "Wales 2008".
  4. (22 May 2000). "Waterfall 1000th on protected list". BBC News.
  5. (25 April 2009). "Times Walks: Pistyll Rhaeadr, Wales". Times Online.
  6. "Kerry Ridgeway". Powys County Council Tourism Services Unit.
  7. "Pistyll Rhaeadr".
  8. "Pistyll Rhaeadr".
  9. Des Marshall. (2009). "Walking to Mid Wales' Waterfalls". Kittiwake.
  10. "The tallest waterfalls in Wales".
  11. i.e. the waterfall at the head of the Rhaeadr. The river name itself is from ''rhaeadr'' = "waterfall".

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