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Symonds Yat rock and the Wye Valley - Photo:
Pam Brophy
CCL |
The great Rock provides a natural nesting place
for a number of birds, including the rare
peregrine falcon. Nearby is King Arthur’s Cave,
once home to prehistoric human hunters. The bones
of hyenas and sabre-toothed tigers have been found
here.
The Old Court Hotel in Symonds Yat West was the
ancestral home of the Gwillim family. In 1782
Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim married the soldier
John Graves Simcoe who fought in the American War
of Independence and went on to become the first
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in Canada. He also
founded the city of Toronto. Canada’s Simcoe
County is named after him. |
