In researching local #landscapehisory and #historicalgeography, I often use images from De Re Metallica as a guide.Written in 1556 it is an encyclopedia of industrial techniques, really useful for Welsh history! This one shows mining.The artist #JustinBerry remade the image by removing the people to just focus on the damage to the environment showing the tree stumps and waste piles.This is what some of the land around Swansea would have looked like in the 1700s, particularly north Swansea.