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Engine Pit is a scheduled ancient monument at Blaenavon in Monmouthshire, Wales, representing the industrial heritage of the South Wales coalfield during the nineteenth century. The pit exemplifies the technological developments in coal extraction during the Industrial Revolution, when steam-powered machinery revolutionised mining operations in the region. Engine Pit forms part of the wider Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, which is recognised as a World Heritage Site due to its outstanding testimony to the development of the coal and iron industries. The surviving physical remains of the pit, including its associated infrastructure, document the scale and methods of deep coal mining that characterised this crucial period of Welsh industrial expansion.
Engine Pit, Blaenavon is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM277. View the official record →
Engine Pit is a scheduled ancient monument at Blaenavon in Monmouthshire, Wales, representing the industrial heritage of the South Wales coalfield during the nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM277.
Engine Pit, Blaenavon dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a coal mine. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Engine Pit, Blaenavon 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 MM277.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge (0.5 km), Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline (1.3 km), Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of) (2.9 km).
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