2014
SO1103 : Early spring view, Parc Cwm Darran
taken 12 years ago, near to Deri, Caerphilly/Caerffili, Wales
Early spring view, Parc Cwm Darran
A country park built on the site of Ogilvie Colliery and its spoil tips Link
. Ogilvie Colliery was the largest of the collieries in the Darran Valley and at its peak employed up to 1,500 men and boys. The first coal was raised in 1923 and the colliery closed in 1975.
The colliery was the location for a 1973 episode of Dr Who, The Green Death, with Jon Pertwee.
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. Ogilvie Colliery was the largest of the collieries in the Darran Valley and at its peak employed up to 1,500 men and boys. The first coal was raised in 1923 and the colliery closed in 1975.The colliery was the location for a 1973 episode of Dr Who, The Green Death, with Jon Pertwee.
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- Grid Square
- SO1103, 70 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Robin Drayton (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 13 March, 2014 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 17 March, 2014
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SO 1153 0330 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:43.2851N 3:16.9292W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SO 1138 0344
- View Direction
- Southeast (about 135 degrees)
