Maerdy - Rhondda Fach
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| Maerdy - Rhondda Fach | |
 Tarren Maerdy Escarpment in Rhondda Fach | |
| Rock Type | Natural Sandstone |
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| Climbing Style | Undeveloped |
| Approach Time | |
| Area | Sandstone |
| Sub Area | Sandstone Western Valleys |
| Geodata | |
| WGS-84 Location | 51.674531,-3.4909782 |
| OS Grid Ref. | SS 970 983 |
| WGS-84 Parking Location | |
| GR Parking Location | |
| Base Elevation | 392 metres (SRTM Estimation) |
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The Grid reference is from looking at the aerial photos. Look at these and you will see a terraced quarry and pillar if you follow the line of Park Road westwards into the strip of woodland.
However, It may be that the pillar is a little further down the valley on the Tarren Maerdy Escarpment somewhere above the cemetery at SS980972 (see picture). Driving up/down the valley the Pillar can be seen clearly standing out against the skyline.
