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Claerwen Fault

Claerwen Fault in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

Scrawled on plaque - geograph.org.uk - 1447096

Bill Nicholls — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit
1 h–2 h

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Claerwen Fault is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

The Claerwen Fault is a major SW-NE trending fault in central Wales. It was active as a normal fault during deposition of Late Ordovician to mid-Silurian sedimentary rocks, downthrowing to the northwest. The estimated throw on the fault increases from about 100 m at a shallow level to about 1000 m at depth. There is no discernible change in the grade of metamorphism associated with the Caledonian Orogeny across the fault, suggesting that it was not reactivated later.

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Coordinates
52.2600, -3.6600

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Where is Claerwen Fault?
Claerwen Fault is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.2600°, -3.6600°.