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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Blaenrhondda Road Cutting

Blaenrhondda Road Cutting is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, south Wales.

Located along the A4061 road 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.

Notes

  1. ^ "Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan up to 2021 - Adopted March 2011". 7 December 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Blaenrhondda Road Cutting". ccw.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  3. ^ 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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