2011

SS8495 : Coal tip above Duffryn in the Afan valley

taken 13 years ago, near to Duffryn, Neath Port Talbot/Castell-Nedd Port Talbot, Wales

Coal tip above Duffryn in the Afan valley
Coal tip above Duffryn in the Afan valley
I know that there are quite a few of these un-landscaped tips still extant in the South Wales valleys. When I was a boy they were a common sight but over the last 30 years many have been softened by landscaping.

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Geographical Context: Uplands Quarrying, Mining Waste, Waste management
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SS8495, 21 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jeremy Bolwell   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 16 August, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 16 August, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SS 8411 9513 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:38.5795N 3:40.5736W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SS 8413 9509
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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