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Cornish Type Engine House at Bryngwyn Colliery is a Post Medieval and Modern period industrial structure dating from the nineteenth century coal extraction era in Wales. The building represents a distinctive typology of engine house design, incorporating engineering practices associated with Cornish mining traditions that were adapted for Welsh colliery operations. As a surviving example of industrial heritage infrastructure, the structure exemplifies the technological and architectural approaches employed to power mechanised mining activities during the period of intensive coal development. The site is recorded in the Cadw Scheduled Ancient Monuments register under reference GM440, reflecting its designation as a monument of historical and archaeological significance to Wales' industrial past.
Cornish Type Engine House, Bryngwyn Colliery is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM440. View the official record →
Cornish Type Engine House at Bryngwyn Colliery is a Post Medieval and Modern period industrial structure dating from the nineteenth century coal extraction era in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM440.
Cornish Type Engine House, Bryngwyn Colliery 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.
Cornish Type Engine House, Bryngwyn Colliery 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 GM440.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caerffili Mountain Shaft Mounds (4.3 km), Castell Morgraig (4.9 km), The Pottery, Nantgarw (5.6 km).
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