The only surviving house in a doomed country village where almost 100 homes were demolished due to fears of a deadly landslide has been sold for £49,000.
Up to 600 residents in the tiny village of Troedrhiwfuwch, near Caerphilly in Wales, were evacuated in the mid-1980s over fears a ‘moving mountain’ could engulf their homes without warning.
The once-vibrant mining community, known locally as ‘Troedy’, soon became a ghost town with the local library, school, pub, shop and 93 homes all demolished.
Only a single home and the village post office escaped demolition, along with a memorial to 16 local men who died
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