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Gwaun y Ffa Pits

Extractive Pit
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post-medieval
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Map note: There is a map point for Gwaun y Ffa Pits, an extractive pit near Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.

From the Coflein (National Monuments Record of Wales) record 291900

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  • Alan Hughes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • andy dolman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jaggery, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Beaufort Hill Ponds & Woodlands (photographer unstated), Beaufort Hill Ponds & Woodlands
  • Kev Griffin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Clint Mann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Greenwood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jeremy Bolwell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • George Tod, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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