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This was yet another successful heritage weekend jointly organised by Spirit of the Miners and the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust. The event was held over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of June with guided walks and talks around the mines of the Myheryn Forest. On Saturday the mines of Bodcoll and Mynach Vale were visited and in the evening, Prof. David Austin from the University of Wales Lampeter gave a presentation on the development of the Strata Florida Landscape project. Helen Palmer from the County Archives Office brought the history to life of Captain Boundy by tracing back through documentation, starting with his grave stone at Cwmsymlog chapel. On Sunday the group visited the mines of Nantsyddion and Nantycreuau.
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