Blorenge looms behind Llanfoist's moraine
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Blorenge looms behind Llanfoist's moraine
Image: © Alan Bowring Taken: 21 Mar 2010
Much of Llanfoist is built on the Llanfoist-Nevil Hall moraine, deposited by a receding Usk valley glacier during the last ice age. The wooded pool in the foreground does not appear on Ordnance Survey maps yet is an enduring feature, filling a large hollow in the moraine. Cwm Craf on the front face of Blorenge beyond is likely to be a nivation hollow rather than a glacial cirque.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.81205
Longitude
-3.02608