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Mining Landscapes

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The Welsh landscape contains 1,300 abandoned metal mines, and while many of the sites include designated and undesignated heritage assets,…
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Borras Quarry, Wrexham

Borras Quarry, Wrexham

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Borras Quarry, which extracts sand and gravel, lies some 3.5km north-east of the centre of Wrexham. The discovery of a…
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Metal Mining in Upland Ceredigion

Metal Mining in Upland Ceredigion

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The distinctive character of the Ceredigion upland landscape that today we consider‘natural’, has in fact been shaped and changed by…
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Mynydd y Betws

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People have used the moorland known as Mynydd y Betws for several thousand years. The most obvious evidence for use…
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