Leaning Tower of St. Martin's Church - Cwmyoy, Wales
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BruceS
N 51° 54.252 W 003° 01.221
30U E 498599 N 5750383
Historic church with a leaning tower and other crookedness in the small village of Cwmyoy in South Wales.
Waymark Code: WM9W6R
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/04/2010
Views: 14
St. Martin's parish church is a stone church standing on a steep hillside on the east side of the valley. It was begun in the 12th century, and as it now exists most of the building dates to the 13th century. The church is in the Gothic style, and has a chancel, nave, south porch, and western tower. A round-headed north window dates to the 12th century, and the nave roof has been dated to the late 13th or early 14th century...
The underlying geology is of Old Red Sandstone overlying marl, and processes of slippage and subsidence over the centuries have caused the tower and chancel to move in opposite directions, twisting the entire structure. To strengthen the church walls and prevent its collapse, additional support has been provided by massive tie beams and buttresses. The tower supposedly leans at an angle greater than that of the Leaning Tower of Pisa." - Wikipedia
The Google satellite view of the church shows the overall crookedness of the church building.
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