Inside forgotten village left to rot and covered in woodland after being reclaimed by nature
Tragedy struck in 1884 when several men were drowned and the pit was engulfed.
In 1927 the main road to the south of the valley was relocated but the route of the old road can still be followed.Daniel Start, the author of Wild Guide Wales described the ruins that remain as being like a “Welsh Angkor Wat” - the famed ruined city inHe wrote: "Only the baboons are missing. It's a vast, wild site with many fascinating, overgrown ruins, including a Cornish beam engine and the overgrown remains of the chapel at Plas Talysarn.
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