BertyBasset
7 years ago
I was having a walk around Aberglaslyn yesterday, and I noticed there been a bit of damage to wall where the purported blocked Lefel Goch lies. Not sure if the damage has been created by water draining from the adit or not, but I'm sure in the past the ochreous water used to seep from underneath the wall rather than through it which might indicate that the water level has risen.

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7 years ago
we noticed this a while back, over the summer I think, when we were poking around there. On the other side of the wall it appears to be bubbling up out of the ground too?
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John Mason
7 years ago
I'd noticed last summer that the ochre stain on the road by the level seemed a lot bigger than it used to be....
royfellows
7 years ago
Looks like a recipe for a blow out!

Its what happens when you block drainage levels off.
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royfellows
7 years ago
Looks like a recipe for a blow out!

Its what happens when you block drainage levels off.
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BertyBasset
7 years ago
According to Bick (I think - don't have the book to hand) - it may well have been blocked for 200 years!
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7 years ago
Looking at the topography behind the wall, above the road, the adit would have been around 5-10m further back and there would have been a short cutting leading up to it. I would guess that the adit is backfilled along with the cutting, then the wall which forms the boundary to the road built effectively across the end of the cutting. I think the water pressure will always tend to make the run-off bubble up through the backfill behind the wall. A massive blow out is unlikely.....but you never know :devil: Straight across the road and into the river!
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