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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Susie Beever & Adam Cailler

UK village once called the 'most holy' is now dubbed 'mountain-top trash heap' ghost town

Once one of the UK's most holy landmarks and built as an experiment - this tiny town has been left to flounder.

Penrhys in Wales was built near the site of the Virgin Mary's Holy Well where Christians once flocked.

But 60 years on, and the town is merely a shadow of what it was hoped it would become, ranking fourth most deprived area in Wales.

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