Yet another derelict cottage at Maenaddwyn
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Yet another derelict cottage at Maenaddwyn by Eric Jones as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 1 May 2007
The Maenaddwyn area shows evidence of depopulation, with many abandoned cottages. On the 1:25,000 OS map, this dilapidated cottage is securely in square SH4684. On the more clumsily drawn OS 1:50,000 map, it is shown in the neighbouring SH4683 square. This is quite a common problem when using these maps and stems from the practice of showing buildings as blobs rather than trying to represent their actual shapes.
Image Location
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