Workers cottages at Nant Gwrtheyrn

Description

When the granite quarries closed in the 1940s, people started moving out of the valley in search of new work. There was no road access, electricity or running water or sewerage. The village slowly fell into ruins.

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Reproduced by permission of Nant Gwrtheyrn Collection
Given by the late Gwyn Elis of Llithfaen. Nant Gwrtheyrn Archive.
Creative Archive Licence
Copyright Details:
Nant Gwrtheyrn Collection 2011
Publisher Ref:
museumwales.ac.uk/media/15913
Item uploaded:
15/7/2011
Date originally created:
1/1/1940 - 1/1/1949
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