Coal tip above Duffryn in the Afan valley
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Coal tip above Duffryn in the Afan valley
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell Taken: 16 Aug 2011
I know that there are quite a few of these un-landscaped tips still extant in the South Wales valleys. When I was a boy they were a common sight but over the last 30 years many have been softened by landscaping.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.642991
Longitude
-3.676227