Danger! Keep Out!
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Danger! Keep Out!
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 27 Apr 2010
The Gwydir Forest is riddled with tunnels and shafts from old mine workings. Predominantly lead and zinc were mined, and the heyday of metal mining in the forest was between 1850 and 1919, although mining on a small scale began in the early 1600s.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.119721
Longitude
-3.826675