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Cae'r Mynydd Ventilation Furnace and Mine is a post-medieval and modern industrial colliery site located in Wales. The ventilation furnace represents a significant technological development in coal mining practice, employed to create artificial draught through mine shafts to improve air circulation and worker safety underground. The site forms part of the broader industrial heritage associated with Welsh coal extraction, reflecting the expansion of the mining industry during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The scheduled ancient monument designation preserves evidence of the engineering solutions developed to address the practical challenges of deep mining operations in this period.
Cae'r Mynydd Ventilation Furnace and Mine is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM547. View the official record →
Cae'r Mynydd Ventilation Furnace and Mine is a post-medieval and modern industrial colliery site located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM547.
Cae'r Mynydd Ventilation Furnace and Mine dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a colliery. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cae'r Mynydd Ventilation Furnace and Mine 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 GM547.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camp 530m E of Tonmawr (6.5 km), Margam Inscribed & Sculptured Stones (6.8 km), Margam Abbey (6.9 km).
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