River Kenson at Burton Bridges
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River Kenson at Burton Bridges
Image: © Mick Lobb Taken: 3 May 2009
Idyllic as it appears, this stretch of the river is quite heavily polluted and there is little if any hope of seeing a Kingisher at this point - unless it is passing through! Update per Dylan Moore: Leet of Burton Old Mill, which was situated just south of the sluice gate, and ceased to function just before the cement plant started up in 1912. After that, the cement plant pumped process water from it for many years. The mill was called Wood Mill on the OS First Edition, and Burton Mill subsequently. On reflection, the mill might have shut down when the Llantrisant-Aberthaw railway was built, but it's not shown as disused on the 1899 map.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.399349
Longitude
-3.390859