Spoil tip, Cwm Du
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Spoil tip, Cwm Du
Image: © eswales Taken: 5 Mar 2009
A view of the disused tip which is marked on Ordnance Survey's 1:25,000 map, and the contours of which can be seen on the 1:50,000 version. Beneath the vegetation it consists of spoil from mining work at St John's Colliery, also known as Cwmdu Colliery, which closed in 1985.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.612539
Longitude
-3.622821