Carn Wen
Introduction
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Carn Wen
Image: © chris whitehouse Taken: 25 Jun 2015
The quarry has been blasting and mining the stone regularly, the top of the quarry is slowly sinking, a vast amount of huge rocks have been taken out of this quarry and transported by lorry to Towyn in North Wales for the sea defences.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.925942
Longitude
-4.666625