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  • Mount Snowdon, Wales. Interesting Information For Visitors
    If you plan to visit Snowdon in Wales this summer, here is some interesting information about the mountain that you might like to know.

    Snowdon, in Welsh, is Yr Wyddfa, which means tomb or monument. Legend has it that it is the tomb of Rhita Gawr, an ogre who would kill kings and make cloaks out of their beards. He supposedly met his end when King Arthur climbed to the top of Mount Snowdon and killed him.

    No one knows who first conquered Snowdon, but ascents of the moun...

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