Disused quarry
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Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 19 Mar 2008
The economic importance of the outcrop of Carbiniferous Limestone is easily appreciated when the extent of quarrying in the area is assessed. This old quarry face is now part of the Mynydd Marian local nature reserve.