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Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare is a post-medieval industrial monument consisting of a tramway in the Aberdare Valley. The structure is built across bedrock of the South Wales Middle Coal Measures, a geological formation of Moscovian age containing seams of coal alongside mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. This rich mineral geology made the Aberdare Valley a centre of industrial development, particularly for coal extraction and ironworking during the 18th and 19th centuries. Tramroads such as this one were essential infrastructure, designed to transport coal and iron products from mines and works down to river valleys or canal networks for onward distribution.
The tramroad lies east of Robert's Town Bridge, a crossing point that became a focal junction in the valley's transport network. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under reference GM527, acknowledging its significance to the industrial heritage of South Wales.
Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM527. View the official record →
Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare is a post-medieval industrial monument consisting of a tramway in the Aberdare Valley. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM527.
Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a tramway. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare 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 GM527.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Twyn y Bridallt Roman Camp (5.4 km), Carn-y-Pigwn Round Cairn (6.3 km), Tarren Maerdy cairn (W) (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Tramroad East of Robert's Town Bridge, Aberdare stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.