https://www.ipernity.com/tag/earthwatcher/keyword/1564245 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/200/FE/AE/1683198.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/earthwatcher/keyword/1564245 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:55:42 +0000 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:55:42 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414240 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414240 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:26:11 +0000 2018-09-27T15:28:02+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414240"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/40/48414240.7f527030.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Structural geology of Little Haven and The Settlands</b><br /> <br /> The cliffs from Little Haven to Broad Haven (and northward) display a spectacular range of geological structures, folding, faulting and thrusting, mainly in the Lower Coal Measures. The relatively weak mudstone and shale-dominated sequences show much incompetent deformation: tight, thrusted and overturned folds, in contrast to the thicker, stronger, sandstones which have formed relatively open and concentric folds.<br /> <br /> The northern limb of the Fox Hole anticline forms the southern headland of The Settlands bay. The style of folding is open and concentric, largely due to the thick (approx 70 m in total) and competent (strong) nature of the sandstone of which it is comprised. At the western end of the headland the bedding dips at about 30° to the north, but this steepens along its length to become near-vertical at the eastern end of the headland. <br /> <br /> This is a view from The Settlands looking head-on at the steeply dipping bedding surfaces. The bedding is cut by nurmerous joints (fractures). Just left of centre is a fenced-off mine entrance a few metres above beach level. This is thought to be a former drainage level to dewater coal mine workings, possibly in the core of the anticline and perhaps further inland.</div> Fox Hole Anticline - northern limb with mine adit <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414240"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/42/40/48414240.7f527030.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Structural geology of Little Haven and The Settlands</b><br /> <br /> The cliffs from Little Haven to Broad Haven (and northward) display a spectacular range of geological structures, folding, faulting and thrusting, mainly in the Lower Coal Measures. The relatively weak mudstone and shale-dominated sequences show much incompetent deformation: tight, thrusted and overturned folds, in contrast to the thicker, stronger, sandstones which have formed relatively open and concentric folds.<br /> <br /> The northern limb of the Fox Hole anticline forms the southern headland of The Settlands bay. The style of folding is open and concentric, largely due to the thick (approx 70 m in total) and competent (strong) nature of the sandstone of which it is comprised. At the western end of the headland the bedding dips at about 30° to the north, but this steepens along its length to become near-vertical at the eastern end of the headland. <br /> <br /> This is a view from The Settlands looking head-on at the steeply dipping bedding surfaces. The bedding is cut by nurmerous joints (fractures). Just left of centre is a fenced-off mine entrance a few metres above beach level. This is thought to be a former drainage level to dewater coal mine workings, possibly in the core of the anticline and perhaps further inland.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414164 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414164 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:25:58 +0000 2018-09-27T13:39:23+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414164"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/64/48414164.8e75b150.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Structural geology of Little Haven and The Settlands</b><br /> <br /> The cliffs from Little Haven to Broad Haven (and northward) display a spectacular range of geological structures, folding, faulting and thrusting, mainly in the Lower Coal Measures. The relatively weak mudstone and shale-dominated sequences show much incompetent deformation: tight, thrusted and overturned folds, in contrast to the thicker, stronger, sandstones which have formed relatively open and concentric folds.<br /> <br /> This is a close up view of the northern limb of the Fox Hole anticline taken from beach level. The style of folding is open and concentric, largely due to the thick (approx 70 m in total) and competent (strong) nature of the sandstone of which it is comprised.<br /> <br /> The sandstone displays a number of sedimentary features, including cross-bedding and channel erosion (visible just above and to the right of centre), formed by deposition in a high-energy delta distributary channel setting. Restoring the anticline to its 'unfolded' condition, these sedimentary structures then indicate a general current flow direction from south-west to north-east.<br /> <br /> Folding, faulting and thrusting make determination of the exact stratigraphic correlation of the Fox Hole sandstone difficult, but it is reasonably clear that this is the lowest stratigraphic unit in the Little Haven area and is well down in the Lower Coal Measures sequence.</div> Fox Hole Anticline - northern limb <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414164"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/64/48414164.8e75b150.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Structural geology of Little Haven and The Settlands</b><br /> <br /> The cliffs from Little Haven to Broad Haven (and northward) display a spectacular range of geological structures, folding, faulting and thrusting, mainly in the Lower Coal Measures. The relatively weak mudstone and shale-dominated sequences show much incompetent deformation: tight, thrusted and overturned folds, in contrast to the thicker, stronger, sandstones which have formed relatively open and concentric folds.<br /> <br /> This is a close up view of the northern limb of the Fox Hole anticline taken from beach level. The style of folding is open and concentric, largely due to the thick (approx 70 m in total) and competent (strong) nature of the sandstone of which it is comprised.<br /> <br /> The sandstone displays a number of sedimentary features, including cross-bedding and channel erosion (visible just above and to the right of centre), formed by deposition in a high-energy delta distributary channel setting. Restoring the anticline to its 'unfolded' condition, these sedimentary structures then indicate a general current flow direction from south-west to north-east.<br /> <br /> Folding, faulting and thrusting make determination of the exact stratigraphic correlation of the Fox Hole sandstone difficult, but it is reasonably clear that this is the lowest stratigraphic unit in the Little Haven area and is well down in the Lower Coal Measures sequence.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414162 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414162 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:25:52 +0000 2018-09-27T13:39:16+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414162"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/62/48414162.83ccff2d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Structural geology of Little Haven and The Settlands</b><br /> <br /> The cliffs from Little Haven to Broad Haven (and northward) display a spectacular range of geological structures, folding, faulting and thrusting, mainly in the Lower Coal Measures. The relatively weak mudstone and shale-dominated sequences show much incompetent deformation: tight, thrusted and overturned folds, in contrast to the thicker, stronger, sandstones which have formed relatively open and concentric folds.<br /> <br /> This is a view of the Fox Hole anticline taken from beach level. The style of folding is open and concentric, largely due to the competent (strong) nature of the sandstone of which it is comprised. A thin coal in the core of the anticline has largely been extracted by mining.<br /> <br /> The sandstone displays a number of sedimentary features, including cross-bedding and channel erosion, formed by deposition in a high-energy delta distributary channel setting. Restoring the anticline to its 'unfolded' condition, these sedimentary structures then indicate a general current flow direction from south-west to north-east.<br /> <br /> Folding, faulting and thrusting make determination of the exact stratigraphic correlation of the Fox Hole sandstone difficult, but it is reasonably clear that this is the lowest stratigraphic unit in the Little Haven area and is well down in the Lower Coal Measures sequence.</div> Little Haven - Fox Hole Anticline <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414162"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/62/48414162.83ccff2d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Structural geology of Little Haven and The Settlands</b><br /> <br /> The cliffs from Little Haven to Broad Haven (and northward) display a spectacular range of geological structures, folding, faulting and thrusting, mainly in the Lower Coal Measures. The relatively weak mudstone and shale-dominated sequences show much incompetent deformation: tight, thrusted and overturned folds, in contrast to the thicker, stronger, sandstones which have formed relatively open and concentric folds.<br /> <br /> This is a view of the Fox Hole anticline taken from beach level. The style of folding is open and concentric, largely due to the competent (strong) nature of the sandstone of which it is comprised. A thin coal in the core of the anticline has largely been extracted by mining.<br /> <br /> The sandstone displays a number of sedimentary features, including cross-bedding and channel erosion, formed by deposition in a high-energy delta distributary channel setting. Restoring the anticline to its 'unfolded' condition, these sedimentary structures then indicate a general current flow direction from south-west to north-east.<br /> <br /> Folding, faulting and thrusting make determination of the exact stratigraphic correlation of the Fox Hole sandstone difficult, but it is reasonably clear that this is the lowest stratigraphic unit in the Little Haven area and is well down in the Lower Coal Measures sequence.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414144 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414144 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:25:14 +0000 2018-09-26T12:37:06+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414144"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/44/48414144.486254ec.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="172" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> Heading north along the coast path from Rickets Head, the site of Trefrane Cliff Colliery comes into view, with its spoil heaps and prominent furnace chimney. The colliery worked the Cliff Vein coal seam, pieces of which can be readily found in the spoil heaps.<br /> <br /> Looking over St Brides Bay, Ramsey Island is visible on the skyline just right of centre.</div> Trefrane Cliff Colliery chimney 4 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414144"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/44/48414144.486254ec.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="172" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> Heading north along the coast path from Rickets Head, the site of Trefrane Cliff Colliery comes into view, with its spoil heaps and prominent furnace chimney. The colliery worked the Cliff Vein coal seam, pieces of which can be readily found in the spoil heaps.<br /> <br /> Looking over St Brides Bay, Ramsey Island is visible on the skyline just right of centre.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414142 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414142 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:25:09 +0000 2018-09-26T12:34:23+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414142"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/42/48414142.efe779fd.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> Heading north along the coast path from Rickets Head, the site of Trefrane Cliff Colliery comes into view, with its spoil heaps and prominent furnace chimney. The colliery worked the Cliff Vein coal seam, pieces of which can be readily found in the spoil heaps.</div> Trefrane Cliff Colliery chimney 3 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414142"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/42/48414142.efe779fd.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> Heading north along the coast path from Rickets Head, the site of Trefrane Cliff Colliery comes into view, with its spoil heaps and prominent furnace chimney. The colliery worked the Cliff Vein coal seam, pieces of which can be readily found in the spoil heaps.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414140 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414140 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:25:03 +0000 2018-09-26T12:29:50+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414140"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/40/48414140.2a1d0cd8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> Heading north along the coast path from Rickets Head, the site of Trefrane Cliff Colliery comes into view, with its spoil heaps and prominent furnace chimney. The colliery worked the Cliff Vein coal seam, pieces of which can be readily found in the spoil heaps.</div> Trefrane Cliff Colliery chimney 2 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414140"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/40/48414140.2a1d0cd8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> Heading north along the coast path from Rickets Head, the site of Trefrane Cliff Colliery comes into view, with its spoil heaps and prominent furnace chimney. The colliery worked the Cliff Vein coal seam, pieces of which can be readily found in the spoil heaps.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414138 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414138 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:24:57 +0000 2018-09-26T12:29:45+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414138"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/38/48414138.7c4815c7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> Heading north along the coast path from Rickets Head, the site of Trefrane Cliff Colliery comes into view, with its spoil heaps and prominent furnace chimney. The colliery worked the Cliff Vein coal seam, pieces of which can be readily found in the spoil heaps.</div> Trefrane Cliff Colliery chimney 1 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414138"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/38/48414138.7c4815c7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> Heading north along the coast path from Rickets Head, the site of Trefrane Cliff Colliery comes into view, with its spoil heaps and prominent furnace chimney. The colliery worked the Cliff Vein coal seam, pieces of which can be readily found in the spoil heaps.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414132 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414132 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:24:42 +0000 2018-09-26T12:06:41+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414132"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/32/48414132.2258967b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> This northward view from the coast path from Rickets Head shows Newgale Sands in the background. On the right of the photo, behind the fence is a spoil heap in the vicinity of the shaft of Black Cliff (Rickets Head) Colliery which worked the Black Cliff Vein.</div> Rickets Head Black Cliff Colliery tip and Newgale <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414132"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/32/48414132.2258967b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> This northward view from the coast path from Rickets Head shows Newgale Sands in the background. On the right of the photo, behind the fence is a spoil heap in the vicinity of the shaft of Black Cliff (Rickets Head) Colliery which worked the Black Cliff Vein.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414308 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414308 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:24:39 +0000 2018-09-26T12:03:57+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414308"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/43/08/48414308.f31b26a6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="94" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> This southward panoramic view from the coast path shows Rickets Head on the right and St Brides Bay in the background. The present-day profile of the headland is a result of former coal mining activity and the removal of overburden to access the Rickets Head Vein coal which cropped out at the base of the sandstone which comprises the up-standing pillar of rock.<br /> <br /> The coast path climbs up from Rickets Head over the disturbed ground and spoil heaps visible in the foreground.<br /> <br /> On the left of the photo in the flatter grassy area, are old shafts and degraded, grassed-over, spoil heaps of Rickets Head Colliery which worked the underlying Black Cliff Vein.<br /> <br /> Stratigraphically, the rocks of Rickets Head are the highest (youngest) in the Carboniferous sequence of the Pembrokeshire coalfields.</div> Rickets Head south mining activity panorama <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414308"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/43/08/48414308.f31b26a6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="94" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> This southward panoramic view from the coast path shows Rickets Head on the right and St Brides Bay in the background. The present-day profile of the headland is a result of former coal mining activity and the removal of overburden to access the Rickets Head Vein coal which cropped out at the base of the sandstone which comprises the up-standing pillar of rock.<br /> <br /> The coast path climbs up from Rickets Head over the disturbed ground and spoil heaps visible in the foreground.<br /> <br /> On the left of the photo in the flatter grassy area, are old shafts and degraded, grassed-over, spoil heaps of Rickets Head Colliery which worked the underlying Black Cliff Vein.<br /> <br /> Stratigraphically, the rocks of Rickets Head are the highest (youngest) in the Carboniferous sequence of the Pembrokeshire coalfields.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414124 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414124 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:24:23 +0000 2018-09-26T11:57:45+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414124"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/24/48414124.8f6992d5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> An end-on, westerly view of Rickets Head with St Brides Bay in the background. The present-day profile of the headland is a result of former coal mining activity and the removal of overburden to access the Rickets Head Vein coal which cropped out at the base of the sandstone which comprises the up-standing pillar of rock.<br /> <br /> Stratigraphically, the rocks of Rickets Head are the highest (youngest) in the Carboniferous sequence of the Pembrokeshire coalfields.<br /> <br /> The coast path climbs up over the disturbed ground and spoil heaps visible in the foreground.</div> Rickets Head end-on view <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414124"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/41/24/48414124.8f6992d5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> An end-on, westerly view of Rickets Head with St Brides Bay in the background. The present-day profile of the headland is a result of former coal mining activity and the removal of overburden to access the Rickets Head Vein coal which cropped out at the base of the sandstone which comprises the up-standing pillar of rock.<br /> <br /> Stratigraphically, the rocks of Rickets Head are the highest (youngest) in the Carboniferous sequence of the Pembrokeshire coalfields.<br /> <br /> The coast path climbs up over the disturbed ground and spoil heaps visible in the foreground.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414306 tag:ipernity.com,2019-04-02,doc-48414306 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:24:15 +0000 2018-09-26T11:44:16+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414306"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/43/06/48414306.927562d8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="116" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> This northward panoramic view from the coast path shows Rickets Head. The westerly, seaward, dip of the strata (approx 20°) is well seen.The present-day profile of the headland is a result of former coal mining activity; the rounded gap in the centre of the photo is at least partly due to the removal of overburden to access the Rickets Head Vein coal.<br /> <br /> On the right of the photo, behind the fence are old shafts and degraded, grassed-over, spoil heaps of Rickets Head Colliery which worked the underlying Black Cliff Vein.<br /> <br /> Stratigraphically, the rocks of Rickets Head are the highest (youngest) in the Carboniferous sequence of the Pembrokeshire coalfields.</div> Rickets Head north mining activity panorama <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/48414306"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/43/06/48414306.927562d8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="116" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description"><b>Nolton Haven to Newgale</b><br /> The small Nolton-Newgale coalfield is separated by faulting from the main Pembrokeshire coalfield. It lies mostly within Pennant Sandstone Formation of the Upper Coal Measures rocks.<br /> <br /> This northward panoramic view from the coast path shows Rickets Head. The westerly, seaward, dip of the strata (approx 20°) is well seen.The present-day profile of the headland is a result of former coal mining activity; the rounded gap in the centre of the photo is at least partly due to the removal of overburden to access the Rickets Head Vein coal.<br /> <br /> On the right of the photo, behind the fence are old shafts and degraded, grassed-over, spoil heaps of Rickets Head Colliery which worked the underlying Black Cliff Vein.<br /> <br /> Stratigraphically, the rocks of Rickets Head are the highest (youngest) in the Carboniferous sequence of the Pembrokeshire coalfields.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024412 tag:ipernity.com,2015-03-09,doc-39024412 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 10:06:46 +0000 2013-09-26T16:16:58+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024412"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/44/12/39024412.7d09e3bc.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> <br /> This is a view westwards over the Landshipping Pill and Daugleddau River at low tide from Landshipping Quay, Pembrokeshire, Wales. <br /> <br /> Close by here is a small but poignant memorial to the 40 miners killed in Pembrokeshire's worst ever coal mining disaster on 14th February 1844, when the rising tide broke through into a mine roadway heading out from the Garden Pit under the estuary with very little depth of cover to the sea bed. <br /> <br /> There are several contemporary accounts of the disaster which vary somewhat in the details, and are summarised here:<br /> <a href="http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Carm/Landshipping.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Carm/Landshipping.htm</a><br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/landshipping_mining_disaster_1844" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/landshipping_mining_disas...</a><br /> <br /> Having worked underground in the coal mines of Yorkshire and South Wales, I find these stories especially moving. Even today, I feel there is an intense sadness about this place which still lingers, even on a bright sunny day. <br /> <br /> A memorial service for the lost miners (which included children and probably some women too) is held annually on St Valentine's Day at St Burnett's Hill Chapel nearby.</div> A grey day and a sombre mood at Landshipping Quay, Pembrokeshire <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024412"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/44/12/39024412.7d09e3bc.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> <br /> This is a view westwards over the Landshipping Pill and Daugleddau River at low tide from Landshipping Quay, Pembrokeshire, Wales. <br /> <br /> Close by here is a small but poignant memorial to the 40 miners killed in Pembrokeshire's worst ever coal mining disaster on 14th February 1844, when the rising tide broke through into a mine roadway heading out from the Garden Pit under the estuary with very little depth of cover to the sea bed. <br /> <br /> There are several contemporary accounts of the disaster which vary somewhat in the details, and are summarised here:<br /> <a href="http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Carm/Landshipping.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Carm/Landshipping.htm</a><br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/landshipping_mining_disaster_1844" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/landshipping_mining_disas...</a><br /> <br /> Having worked underground in the coal mines of Yorkshire and South Wales, I find these stories especially moving. Even today, I feel there is an intense sadness about this place which still lingers, even on a bright sunny day. <br /> <br /> A memorial service for the lost miners (which included children and probably some women too) is held annually on St Valentine's Day at St Burnett's Hill Chapel nearby.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024408 tag:ipernity.com,2015-03-11,doc-39024408 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:15:31 +0000 2013-09-26T16:22:01+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024408"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/44/08/39024408.6101e5ea.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Description in Welsh on the memorial at Landshipping Quay, Pembrokeshire.</div> Landshipping Memorial description (Cymraeg) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39024408"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/44/08/39024408.6101e5ea.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Description in Welsh on the memorial at Landshipping Quay, Pembrokeshire.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023132 tag:ipernity.com,2008-09-30,doc-39023132 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:39:22 +0000 2008-02-06T14:11:17+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023132"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/32/39023132.9d9fd2ee.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This bronze plaque is one of several in the entrance to the former Earth Centre between Conisbrough and Denaby Main, Yorkshire. This was also the entrance to the former Cadeby Colliery.<br /> <br /> The poem tells of the feelings of a young lad as he descends the shaft of a coal mine for the very first time to start work on his first underground shift. I still remember my first time too, even after 42 years. <br /> <br /> Translation, for those not familiar with South Yorkshire dialect:<br /> <br /> <i>I was frightened and cold, just fourteen years old<br /> As we dropped like a stone into (the) dark.<br /> With my snap tin* and lamp, and clothes like a tramp,<br /> Well, I knew this was real - and no place to lark**.</i><br /> <br /> * a metal sandwich container, shaped like a slice of bread, which could be strapped to your belt.<br /> ** to lark = to mess around, to behave foolishly or irresponsibly.</div> Ar wer freetened <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023132"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/31/32/39023132.9d9fd2ee.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This bronze plaque is one of several in the entrance to the former Earth Centre between Conisbrough and Denaby Main, Yorkshire. This was also the entrance to the former Cadeby Colliery.<br /> <br /> The poem tells of the feelings of a young lad as he descends the shaft of a coal mine for the very first time to start work on his first underground shift. I still remember my first time too, even after 42 years. <br /> <br /> Translation, for those not familiar with South Yorkshire dialect:<br /> <br /> <i>I was frightened and cold, just fourteen years old<br /> As we dropped like a stone into (the) dark.<br /> With my snap tin* and lamp, and clothes like a tramp,<br /> Well, I knew this was real - and no place to lark**.</i><br /> <br /> * a metal sandwich container, shaped like a slice of bread, which could be strapped to your belt.<br /> ** to lark = to mess around, to behave foolishly or irresponsibly.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023052 tag:ipernity.com,2008-02-09,doc-39023052 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:32:37 +0000 2008-02-06T11:21:15+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023052"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/30/52/39023052.546bd161.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> <br /> This is a north-easterly view over the Don valley and part of Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, near Doncaster. The photo was taken from the disused quarries in the Lower Magnesian Limestone (Edlington Formation) at North Cliff, Conisbrough, sometimes known as 'Conisbrough Crags', sometimes as 'Denaby Crags'. The buff-coloured embankment across the valley is 'Cadeby Crags' - the scarp slope of the Lower Magnesian Limestone. The site of the former Cadeby colliery is just in front of Cadeby Crags. Cadeby village is on the distant skyline at (0.2, 0.6). The disused buildings of the Earth Centre are at the extreme left (0.05, 0.5).<br /> <br /> Flickr member loose_grip_99 has a photo of Cadeby Crags and Cadeby colliery in 1976 here:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/163184624/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/163184624/</a></div> Conisbrough and Cadeby Crags viewed from North Cliff quarry, Conisbrough Crags, South Yorkshire <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023052"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/30/52/39023052.546bd161.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> <br /> This is a north-easterly view over the Don valley and part of Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, near Doncaster. The photo was taken from the disused quarries in the Lower Magnesian Limestone (Edlington Formation) at North Cliff, Conisbrough, sometimes known as 'Conisbrough Crags', sometimes as 'Denaby Crags'. The buff-coloured embankment across the valley is 'Cadeby Crags' - the scarp slope of the Lower Magnesian Limestone. The site of the former Cadeby colliery is just in front of Cadeby Crags. Cadeby village is on the distant skyline at (0.2, 0.6). The disused buildings of the Earth Centre are at the extreme left (0.05, 0.5).<br /> <br /> Flickr member loose_grip_99 has a photo of Cadeby Crags and Cadeby colliery in 1976 here:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/163184624/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/163184624/</a></div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023054 tag:ipernity.com,2008-02-08,doc-39023054 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:01:25 +0000 2008-02-06T13:58:55+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023054"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/30/54/39023054.90b33f9c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the site of the former Cadeby Main Colliery near Conisbrough, in South Yorkshire. Shaft sinking commenced in 1889 and the mine worked until 1986. In July 1912, two explosions within hours of of each other killed a total of 88 men. The concrete monolith marks the position of Cadeby upcast shaft. There is a similar monolith a short distance away to the east, marking the position of the downcast shaft. <br /> <br /> The disused buildings of The Earth Centre are just visible on the skyline, left of centre. <br /> <br /> Flickr member loose_grip_99 has a photo of Cadeby colliery in 1976 here:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/163184624/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/163184624/</a></div> Cadeby Colliery upcast shaft (site of). <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39023054"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/30/54/39023054.90b33f9c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the site of the former Cadeby Main Colliery near Conisbrough, in South Yorkshire. Shaft sinking commenced in 1889 and the mine worked until 1986. In July 1912, two explosions within hours of of each other killed a total of 88 men. The concrete monolith marks the position of Cadeby upcast shaft. There is a similar monolith a short distance away to the east, marking the position of the downcast shaft. <br /> <br /> The disused buildings of The Earth Centre are just visible on the skyline, left of centre. <br /> <br /> Flickr member loose_grip_99 has a photo of Cadeby colliery in 1976 here:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/163184624/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/163184624/</a></div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022688 tag:ipernity.com,2007-12-26,doc-39022688 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:41:13 +0000 1997-03-12T12:00:00+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022688"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/26/88/39022688.ce89b6b0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="157" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the Bullhouse colliery minewater discharge into the River Don at Ecklands, near Penistone, West Yorkshire. <br /> <br /> The mine worked the Halifax Hard seam and was drained by a 'water drift' - a long straight tunnel on a gentle downward gradient - which had it's outfall in the banks of the River Don as in the photo. The mine was abandoned in 1915.<br /> <br /> Since this photo was taken, the Coal Authority has diverted the minewater, pumping it to treatment works and settling lagoons in an old quarry nearby, before allowing it to return to the river.</div> Bullhouse minewater discharge into the River Don, near Penistone, west Yorkshire. <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022688"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/26/88/39022688.ce89b6b0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="157" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is the Bullhouse colliery minewater discharge into the River Don at Ecklands, near Penistone, West Yorkshire. <br /> <br /> The mine worked the Halifax Hard seam and was drained by a 'water drift' - a long straight tunnel on a gentle downward gradient - which had it's outfall in the banks of the River Don as in the photo. The mine was abandoned in 1915.<br /> <br /> Since this photo was taken, the Coal Authority has diverted the minewater, pumping it to treatment works and settling lagoons in an old quarry nearby, before allowing it to return to the river.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022554 tag:ipernity.com,2007-08-21,doc-39022554 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:40:13 +0000 1982-11-01T00:00:00+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022554"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/25/54/39022554.9f39ff93.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="168" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the GWUK group.<br /> <br /> This is on Mynydd y Gwair - an extensive moorland commons between Swansea and Ammanford in the South Wales coalfield. The camera location is on Mynydd Garn Fach and is looking north-westerly. <br /> <br /> The photo shows a Foraky rotary drilling rig on a borehole known as 'Ceunant Borehole' (named after nearby Ceunant Farm just out of view to the left). This was drilled to prove the Red Vein coal seam in October-November 1982 as part of a series of boreholes to prove additional coal reserves for Betws Mine, about 5 km to the north, near Ammanford.</div> Drilling for coal on Mynydd y Gwair, near Ammanford, South Wales <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022554"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/25/54/39022554.9f39ff93.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="168" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally uploaded for the GWUK group.<br /> <br /> This is on Mynydd y Gwair - an extensive moorland commons between Swansea and Ammanford in the South Wales coalfield. The camera location is on Mynydd Garn Fach and is looking north-westerly. <br /> <br /> The photo shows a Foraky rotary drilling rig on a borehole known as 'Ceunant Borehole' (named after nearby Ceunant Farm just out of view to the left). This was drilled to prove the Red Vein coal seam in October-November 1982 as part of a series of boreholes to prove additional coal reserves for Betws Mine, about 5 km to the north, near Ammanford.</div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022168 tag:ipernity.com,2007-03-14,doc-39022168 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:44:10 +0000 1998-07-15T12:00:00+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022168"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/68/39022168.a6a99316.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally posted for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> <br /> Pegswood Flash at Coney Garth, near Ashington, Northumberland. <br /> <br /> This is a flash created by mining subsidence - the land has sunk down owing to the gradual collapse and compaction of old coal mine workings at depth, and then subsequently filled with water, as the former ground surface now lies below the water table. Hence the hegderows and fences disappearing into the water. The River Wansbeck flows past here about a half-mile away.<br /> <br /> It is now well-known locally for its bird life. <br /> <br /> Scanned from Kodachrome 64 transparency film, taken with a Zenit 'E'.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://loc.alize.us/#/flickr:420554624" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">See where this picture was taken.</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/geotagging/discuss/72157594165549916/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">[?]</a></div> Pegswood Flash, Coney Garth, Northumberland <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39022168"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/68/39022168.a6a99316.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Originally posted for the Guesswhere UK group.<br /> <br /> Pegswood Flash at Coney Garth, near Ashington, Northumberland. <br /> <br /> This is a flash created by mining subsidence - the land has sunk down owing to the gradual collapse and compaction of old coal mine workings at depth, and then subsequently filled with water, as the former ground surface now lies below the water table. Hence the hegderows and fences disappearing into the water. The River Wansbeck flows past here about a half-mile away.<br /> <br /> It is now well-known locally for its bird life. <br /> <br /> Scanned from Kodachrome 64 transparency film, taken with a Zenit 'E'.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://loc.alize.us/#/flickr:420554624" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">See where this picture was taken.</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/geotagging/discuss/72157594165549916/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">[?]</a></div> Earthwatcher https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39021606 tag:ipernity.com,2006-12-11,doc-39021606 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:00:07 +0000 1982-11-01T00:00:00+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Earthwatcher) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39021606"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/16/06/39021606.7b98e3b6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Mynydd y Gwair - an extensive moorland commons between Swansea and Ammanford.<br /> <br /> Although the general location is mostly known as Mynydd y Gwair, this name strictly applies to an area just to the north (left) of this viewpoint. The camera location is on Mynydd Garn Fach and is looking eastwards. The rounded hill in the centre is Tor Clawdd and the pock marks just below the skyline are remains of old adit coal workings in the Graigola seam. The Upper Lliw Reservoir is just out of sight in the valley below the woodland. <br /> <br /> This beautiful upland moorland area is only 7 miles north of Swansea city centre, but is now under threat of having an enormous windfarm sited here, with dozens of huge turbines. The planning application has yet to be approved. More details here:<br /> <a href="http://www.socme.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.socme.org/</a></div> Mynydd y Gwair and Tor Clawdd <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/earthwatcher">Earthwatcher</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/39021606"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/16/06/39021606.7b98e3b6.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Mynydd y Gwair - an extensive moorland commons between Swansea and Ammanford.<br /> <br /> Although the general location is mostly known as Mynydd y Gwair, this name strictly applies to an area just to the north (left) of this viewpoint. The camera location is on Mynydd Garn Fach and is looking eastwards. The rounded hill in the centre is Tor Clawdd and the pock marks just below the skyline are remains of old adit coal workings in the Graigola seam. The Upper Lliw Reservoir is just out of sight in the valley below the woodland. <br /> <br /> This beautiful upland moorland area is only 7 miles north of Swansea city centre, but is now under threat of having an enormous windfarm sited here, with dozens of huge turbines. The planning application has yet to be approved. More details here:<br /> <a href="http://www.socme.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.socme.org/</a></div> Earthwatcher