Spoil heaps
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Spoil heaps by Jonathan Wilkins as part of the Geograph project.
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Spoil heaps
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 9 Sep 2019
Mining waste dominates the hillsides surrounding the village. There is a curious mixture of modern housing and derelict land arising from the expansion of housing in what was a very small, constrained settlement in the times when mining and fishing dominated the economy. This is the view from The Cove.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.287245
Longitude
-5.235325