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AndyC
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17 years ago

Hi, this site has resolved a thirty year mystery for me. Me and my father did wander what a pit in Penyorsedd was for - today I saw Grahami's picture of it - and he identifies it as a water balance:

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Many thanks Grahami. Sadly, I realised a couple of years ago that this now lies under waste from the current workings. Also wonderful to see all those blondins as I remember them.

But then I wondered where the slate is coming from to be lifted. Would I be right in thinking that they would be taken through an edit at the bottom of the main pit to the water balance?

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JonK
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Newbie

17 years ago

For information this proved a challenging descent a few years ago using the back axle of a transit van as the main belay - I took the keys with me. 160 feet and dry at the bottom but no way into the drainage level. The shaft opens up where it enters the solid rock.

I have a photo somewhere.

LAP
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Newbie

17 years ago

a bit of a random question... but how deep is the Pen-yr-Orsydd pit?

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

JonK
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Newbie

17 years ago

The pits all have a lot of fall/fill in them now but they did go down to the drainage levels which took the water into Llyn Nantlle Uchaf.

LAP
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Newbie

17 years ago

ah thanks;
Any idea as to whether the levels are still accessible from the reservoir end?

regards