Merthyr Tydfil Sink Hole

[Saleen836]

Not what you want at this or anytime of the year....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93gpn4z95yo

[normalbloke]

That one certainly does qualify as a sinkhole, as opposed to a feeble washout that the media usually like to jump on and hype up as a killer sinkhole.

[FourWheelDrift]

Related to coal mining there?

[Earthdweller]

FourWheelDrift said:

Related to coal mining there?

Article says it is a collapsed culvert caused by storm water damage

[FourWheelDrift]

Earthdweller said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Related to coal mining there?

Article says it is a collapsed culvert caused by storm water damage

I was thinking about what came down from the mountain, if it was slag from the mining.

"when everything came down from the mountain and washed through the culvert"

[Jader1973]

How many £s worth of improvements has it caused?

[Tony Starks]

EmailAddress said:

Read the title as st-hole and wondered why this was news worthy.

The only good thing about the place is the hill.

I lived in Pant for 3 years. It was an utter hole then.

It was strangely some of the best times of my youth and the worst. The chip on their shoulders about the English is enormous.

[blueg33]

Having been to Merthyr a few times, I just think the sinkhole needed to be quite a bit larger

To be fair - it would be a bit worrying having that open up at the end of your drive

[Lotobear]

..immediately reminded me of this a few years back in Newcastle:

https://i.redd.it/ze0a0qx3q9o41.jpg