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English: Site of a landslide near Abertysswg. The 1:25,000 OS map shows this as a quarry as does this warning sign. This however appears not to be the case. To quote from 'A Portrait of Rhymney, Vol 4' by Marion Evans, "Below Abertysswg coal production had been taking place at the Elliot Pits from as early as 1860, but the restlessness of the steep hillside towering above, the Moving Mountain, brought great unease to those within its vicinity. The mountain had moved five times since 1903 sending thousands of tons of rock to the valley floor below but it was in April 1930 that the greatest damage was done. It was then, on the twelfth of the month, that a vast avalanche of rock fell from the face of the mountain, overwhelming and ruining the offices and buildings of the New Tredegar Colliery. A further avalanche followed smashing the main road from Abertysswg to New Tredegar and demolishing the railway line thereby completely cutting off communication from Abertysswg to Bedwellty. The colliery was never used again and the road and railway never reconstructed despite many appeals for a road link to be re-opened."
For a map of the area before the landslide see http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#313,204,1 . For a view from the opposite side of the Rhymney Valley see 578902. |
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