Penllergaer railway cutting
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Penllergaer railway cutting by Nigel Davies as part of the Geograph project.
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Penllergaer railway cutting
Image: © Nigel Davies Taken: 5 May 2013
This section of railway cutting at Penllergaer is a SSSI due to the rare strata of rock it has exposed. The CCW documents suggest that the strata should be kept exposed by removing vegetation and scree. Railtrack do not seem to concur. See also http://www.ccw.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/protecting-our-landscape/special-landscapes--sites/protected-landscapes-and-sites/sssis/sssi-sites/penllergaer-railway-cutting.aspx
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Image Location
Latitude
51.680252
Longitude
-3.996123