Peter Evans's Pictures of Great Orme Country Park

View over Llandudno town.

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Tiny tunnel.

Men, women and children worked down these copper mines. Children as young as five years old dug this little tunnel in search of the copper ore.

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Time to duck.

Yes the sides do lean in here.

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Taken from the back of the mines.

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Side view of the mine entrance.

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On top of the Great Orme.

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More mine workings.

Some areas of the mine are unstable. As this fallen rock shows. Maybe thats why you are issued with hard hats.

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Looking south.

Looking south from the Great Orme you can see the beginings of the Conwy mountains.

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Looking south from the Great Orme.

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Its a long way down.

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It is quite steep here.

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Going down.

There are steps for us to walk down now, but when bronze age man worked here he walked on broken rocks in the pitch black. Can you imagine digging, using only stone, bone and horn tools with nothing but a burning piece of wood for a light.

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Going back up to the surface.

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Bronze age Copper mine on the Great Orme.

Wide angle shot of the front of the mines.

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Back into the light.

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Although dark, there are lights.

Bronze age man did not have the luxury of electric lights.

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A small side tunnel..

In places the tunnels get very narrow and not very high.

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