Today, it is made up of the Pontsticill Reservoir, a vast body of water whose surface is partially marked by a giant plughole-like break which sucks up the excess water, and a gothic-style bell tower.

There were two landslips on the road between the Brecon Mountain Railway and Pontsticill village near Merthyr Tydfil caused by the storm. The road, which runs between Pontsticill and Pant ...