Glyn Bends construction

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Glyn Bends construction by Jonathan Wilkins as part of the Geograph project.

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Glyn Bends construction

Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: Unknown

The story of the A5 diversion at Ty Nant has a long history. In Eirian's image we see the failed cutting slope and a considerable landslip Image In Eric's image we see work on the total removal of the landslipped section Image, and the completed work and the re-profiled cutting in my own Image Here we go back to May 1995 and the original construction just to the south-east of the failed slope. The drilling rig is installing ground anchors to tie together the faulted blocks of Silurian mudstone. One of the anchors can be seen protruding from a freshly-drilled hole just above the rig. The flat, triangular areas on the rock face are the outcrops of the faults which ultimately overcame the ground anchors and slipped again. A classic tale of ingenuity overcome by the complexity of real ground conditions. The image was captured, with permission, during an excursion of the North Wales Geology Association.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.987972
Longitude
-3.502144