Here’s a feature we’ve seen recently, a silica mine entry (adit) in the Nedd Fechan Gorge.
Sections of the Millstone Grit have been extensively worked in underground mines. The stimulus was the Industrial Revolution in South Wales; silica was needed to make bricks for the smelting furnaces.
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