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Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon is a post-medieval and modern industrial air shaft located in Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales. The site forms part of the extensive coal mining landscape that characterised the South Wales coalfield during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when Blaenavon emerged as a significant centre of iron and coal production. The air shaft served a vital function in the underground mining operations, facilitating ventilation of the deep workings beneath the surface. The remains preserve evidence of the industrial heritage that transformed the region economically and physically during this period of intensive resource extraction.
Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM293. View the official record →
Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon is a post-medieval and modern industrial air shaft located in Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM293.
Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a air shaft. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Old Coal Pits, 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 MM293.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge (0.9 km), Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline (1.7 km), Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of) (3.2 km).
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