The road to Hirwaun
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The road to Hirwaun
Image: © Alan Bowring Taken: 7 Aug 2008
The A4069 running south from Penderyn coincidentally runs along the line of an ancient NNW-SSE trending geological fault which throws the rocks strata down to the west though there is no sign of it at the surface hereabouts, the ground being smeared with glacial till to a depth. The ridge in the distance is that of the north-facing Pennant scarp which during the Ice Age/s formed a considerable barrier to ice moving south from the Brecon Beacons and in fact generated a few small glaciers of its own.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.753421
Longitude
-3.523844