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Caerffili Mountain Shaft Mounds is a post-medieval and modern industrial site located in Wales, comprising shaft mounds associated with coal or mineral extraction activities. The site consists of surface features created by the removal and deposition of spoil material during underground mining operations, representing the landscape impact of industrial extraction that became characteristic of South Wales during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These mounds are physical evidence of the intensive exploitation of the region's mineral resources during the industrial period. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the Welsh heritage designation system, reflecting its value as a record of industrial heritage and landscape change.
Caerffili Mountain Shaft Mounds is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM454. View the official record →
Caerffili Mountain Shaft Mounds is a post-medieval and modern industrial site located in Wales, comprising shaft mounds associated with coal or mineral extraction activities. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM454.
Caerffili Mountain Shaft Mounds dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a shaft mounds. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Caerffili Mountain Shaft Mounds 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 GM454.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Melingriffith Water Pump (5.2 km), Cooking Mound East of Taff Terrace (5.4 km), Cross in Llandaff Cathedral (7 km).
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