Blaenrhondda Road Cutting
Blaenrhondda Road Cutting is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, south Wales.
Located along the A4061 road[1] above the village of Blaenrhondda, Rhondda, the Blaenrhondda Road Cutting is of special interest for its rock exposures showing sediments that formed on the flood plain of a river delta during the Carboniferous period, approximately 310 million years ago.[2][3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan up to 2021 - Adopted March 2011". 7 December 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Blaenrhondda Road Cutting". ccw.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Cleal, B. J.; Thomas, B. A. (1996). British Upper Carboniferous Stratigraphy. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Science & Business. pp. 94–95. ISBN 978-94-011-0587-3.
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51°41′45″N 3°32′55″W / 51.69583°N 3.54865°W
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