Telaga Tujuh (The Seven Wells), Kuala Selangor

Bersambung dari Baby Al-Rasyid at the Selangor royal mausoleum, Bukit Melawati.
Continued from Baby Al-Rasyid at the Selangor royal mausoleum, Bukit Melawati.

Seterusnya kami pergi ke Telaga Tujuh yang terletak di kaki Bukit Melawati.

Next we went to Telaga Tujuh (the Seven Wells) which is situated at the foot of Bukit (hill of) Melawati.

Namun apabila dikira kelihatan tidak sampai tujuh telaga.

Still when counted the appears to be less than seven wells.

Papan maklumat ini menerangkan sedikit tentangnya. Memang sudah tinggal beberapa sahaja kerana yang lain sudah terkambus.

This information board should be able to shed some light on it. For sure there's just a few left as the others have been filled with earth.

Untuk makluman telaga-telaga ini sudah wujud untuk kegunaan penduduk sejak Kuala Selangor menjadi pusat pemerintahan Selangor hampir 300 tahun lalu. Namun sejak penggunaan paip air zaman moden ia tidak lagi digunakan...

For information these wells have existed for the use of the populace since Kuala Selangor became the centre or rule for Selangor almost 300 years ago. However since the use of water pipes in the modern age it has not been used...