Eastern boundary of Wattsville
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Eastern boundary of Wattsville
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 10 Apr 2011
Islwyn Road, from Crosskeys, approaches Wattsville, a small village in the Sirhowy valley. The village was built in the late nineteenth century to provide housing for workers in the collieries in the area. One of the collieries was the New Risca mine, formerly located nearby, where an explosion in 1880 caused 120 deaths.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.615847
Longitude
-3.143839