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Black Mountain Quarries

Limestone quarries on the western edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
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Information board at the car park.
Information board at the car park.		 Exposed ironwork.
Exposed ironwork.		 Lime from the workings turn water milky white.
Lime from the workings turn water milky white.		 Mountain side below the quarries.
Mountain side below the quarries.
Hello, welcome, Croeso.
Hello, welcome, Croeso.		 Lime Kiln.
Lime Kiln.		 One of the more intact lime kilns.
One of the more intact lime kilns.		 Rusted remains with Carmarthenshire in the background.
Rusted remains with Carmarthenshire in the background.
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DSC_0752.JPG		 Room cut into the rock face.
Room cut into the rock face.		 Place of safety?
Place of safety?		 Open top of one of the smaller lime kilns.
Open top of one of the smaller lime kilns.
Small kiln in the landscape.
Small kiln in the landscape.		 DSC_0778.JPG
DSC_0778.JPG		 Enjoying your visit?
Enjoying your visit?		 Almost an amphitheatre.
Almost an amphitheatre.
One of the bigger quarry faces.
One of the bigger quarry faces.		 Top of a layer of strata and full of fossils.
Top of a layer of strata and full of fossils.		 DSC_0785.JPG
DSC_0785.JPG		 The edge of the Black Mountain.
The edge of the Black Mountain.
Room with a view.
Room with a view.		 The view from the quarry edge.
The view from the quarry edge.		 Rusting away.
Rusting away.		 Top of a kiln with Carmarthenshire as a background.
Top of a kiln with Carmarthenshire as a background.
Goodbye. Hwyl fawr.
Goodbye. Hwyl fawr.
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