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Glyncorrwg Mineral Railway (Parsons Folly) Section on Cefn Morfudd is a nineteenth-century industrial railway infrastructure in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The railway represents the expansion of mineral extraction and transport networks that characterised the South Wales coalfield during the Industrial Revolution. The section traverses Cefn Morfudd and forms part of the broader Glyncorrwg railway system, which transported minerals from inland collieries and quarries to lower-lying industrial centres. The designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument reflects the archaeological significance of this surviving railway infrastructure as evidence of Wales's industrial heritage.
Glyncorrwg Mineral Railway (Parsons Folly) Section on Cefn Morfudd is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM447. View the official record →
Glyncorrwg Mineral Railway (Parsons Folly) Section on Cefn Morfudd is a nineteenth-century industrial railway infrastructure in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM447.
Glyncorrwg Mineral Railway (Parsons Folly) Section on Cefn Morfudd dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a railway. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Glyncorrwg Mineral Railway (Parsons Folly) Section on Cefn Morfudd 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 GM447.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen-y-Castell (6.4 km), Cwm-Clais Castle Mound (6.5 km), Cae'r Mynydd Ventilation Furnace and Mine (6.7 km).
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