2017

SH6164 : Holywell Level

taken 7 years ago, near to Mynydd Llandygái, Gwynedd, Wales

Holywell Level
Holywell Level
The Holywell Level of the South Quarry. On the right is a protective bund designed to restrain vehicles from the drop to the next level (in historic working with railways which were self-guiding, this was not required, and modern safety principles had not been invented). To the left are rock traps which retain material collapsing from unstable faces. It is not therefore immediately apparent how high and repetitive the quarry levels are, nor where the void of the quarry is! Tipped material buttresses the south-eastern side of the quarry, and the heap of weathered overburden has a markedly different colour in the distance.

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Geographical Context: Uplands Quarrying, Mining Rocks, Scree, Cliffs Primary Subject: Quarry
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Working [4] · Holywell Level [2] ·
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SH6164, 13 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jonathan Wilkins   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 15 July, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 18 July, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 6121 6416 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:9.3858N 4:4.6270W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 6116 6407
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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Image Type (about): geograph  (Fourth Visitor for SH6164) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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