Phil Tilter's photostream  

I posted a photo of this about a year ago. Went for a walk past it again and thought a different perspective showing its position in the countryside would be interesting. It reminds me how previous industrial works are quickly assimilated into the countryside as if they never existed.

Walking in the Vale of Glamorgan countryside in the Llangan area you come across this rather unexpected chimney in the middle of a field. It dates from circa 1855. This is the only surviving structure from the Llangan lead mine which was active from 1855-1879. The site was previously worked in the C18. Historians also believe that there has been lead mining in the area since Roman times.

The exterior of the chimney was built with a stone base and main shaft and a red brick upper shaft. It is in three parts like a telescope; the square base is battered going to a stone shaft, then a brick cornice and a smaller brick shaft with a second cornice band. The chimney is about 20m in height. It was the engine-house chimney for the Llangan lead mine.

A small rock pool minding its own business near Rest Bay in Porthcawl.