Chwarel Talar Wen (Talar Wen Quarry)
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Geology & landscape
Mining / Industrial: Quarry
Description
Description This site is a small disused quarry, situated on a roadside about a mile south-east of the village of Llangadog. The quarry exposes a section in buff to grey, decalcified sandy limestones belonging to the Llandeilo Series. The site is extremely fossiliferous and has yielded a rich fauna. The site is particularly well known for its trilobite fauna, amongst which Ogygiocarella Debuchii and Lloydolithus Lloydi are especially numerous. The inarticulate brachiopod Palaeoglossa is also common here. An important site with great potential for studying the fauna and faunal relationships within the Llandeilo Series.