Pwll-du-yr-byrddin Mine [4] - a photo on Flickriver

            Also known as the Dinas Trial Mine. An easily found location alongside the River Neath near a spot known locally as the Black Pool, or Pwll Du. The silica mine never worked commercially, at least not for long if it did. Silica would have been taken along a tramway running parallel to the river in the downstream direction to the crushing plant at Cwm Gored Quarry, the extant remains of which can still be seen. At Cwm Gored the tramway crossed the river, the abutments of the bridge are still there, and then followed the river down to Pont-Nedd-Fechan, the trackbed is now the footpath to the falls and many stone sleeper blocks can be found along its route. The tramway turned right at the Angel Inn (which is shown on the 1884 OS map) and followed the line of the current road to Glyn Neath where it terminated at the works of the Abernant Dinas Silica Brick & Cement Co. which was adjacent to the terminus of the Neath Canal.

I waded into the mine as far as I dared as I was on my own, but I daresay I could have gone in farther as it appeared to not be too deep for ordinary wellington boots. The mud I stirred up underfoot was a bit of a problem though as I couldn't see where I was putting my feet when I turned round to come back out and parts of it were very glutinous threatening to suck my boots off my feet.

Taken in: United Kingdom / Wales / Penderyn (show map)

Taken on: October 28, 2014

Sets appears in: • 2014 Pwll-du-yr-byrddin Mine

Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/8.0, 30 sec, 14mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D
Lens:	EF14mm f/2.8L USM
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	14mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh
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