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Incline Haulage Winding Engine, Mynydd Bedwellty is a Post Medieval and Modern period drumhouse structure associated with the slate and coal mining operations of the South Wales industrial landscape. The engine house, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference MM181, dates from the industrial expansion of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when incline systems were essential infrastructure for transporting extracted minerals down steep hillsides. The winding engine operated the drum mechanism that controlled the cable system hauling loaded wagons up and down the incline, making it a critical component of the site's mineral extraction economy. This surviving structure represents the mechanical engineering practices characteristic of Welsh industrial heritage during the period of intensive resource exploitation on Mynydd Bedwellty.
Incline Haulage Winding Engine, Mynydd Bedwellty is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM181. View the official record →
Incline Haulage Winding Engine, Mynydd Bedwellty is a Post Medieval and Modern period drumhouse structure associated with the slate and coal mining operations of the South Wales industrial landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM181.
Incline Haulage Winding Engine, Mynydd Bedwellty dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a incline drumhouse. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Incline Haulage Winding Engine, Mynydd Bedwellty 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 MM181.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St. Sannan's Churchayrd Cross, Bedwellty (5.7 km), Dyke 387m E of Clawdd Trawscae Farm (6.6 km), Rectangular Earthworks 530m SSW of Heol-Ddu-Uchaf (6.8 km).
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