Rock-hewn track (1)

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Rock-hewn track (1)

Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 22 Aug 2014

The track (a bridleway) that rises from Bryn-y-goleu towards the common pasture and the distant Roman Road is on a hillside so steep that it has been incised into the bedrock to attain a level surface. This is useful to a geologist, as the Ordovician mudstones of the Nant Ffrancon Formation are generally very poorly exposed in this area, forming steep but smooth hillsides. Although the rocks are very cleaved they are of poor quality and are not exploited for roofing.

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