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British Colliery Pumping Engine House is a Post Medieval and Modern industrial engine house located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference MM216. The structure dates from the industrial period when mechanised pumping became essential to colliery operations, serving the critical function of removing water from coal mines to enable deeper extraction and sustained production. As an engine house, the building would have housed stationary steam or later mechanical engines that powered the pumping machinery necessary for safe and efficient mining operations. The survival of this structure represents an important example of industrial heritage architecture from Wales's coal mining era, documenting the technological infrastructure that underpinned the region's mining industry.
British Colliery Pumping Engine House is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM216. View the official record →
British Colliery Pumping Engine House is a Post Medieval and Modern industrial engine house located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference MM216. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM216.
British Colliery Pumping Engine House dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a engine house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
British Colliery Pumping Engine House is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MM216.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Air Furnace at British Ironworks (0.1 km), Cwmbyrgwm Colliery (0.8 km), Abersychan Railway (1.8 km).
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