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Waun y Coed Colliery Branch Canal and Tramroad Incline is a Post Medieval and Modern period industrial structure located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference GM400. The incline represents an important example of nineteenth-century coal transport infrastructure, connecting colliery workings to the wider canal network and facilitating the movement of mineral traffic during the period of intensive industrial development in South Wales. The structure demonstrates the engineering solutions employed to overcome topographical challenges in the transport of coal, combining canal and tramroad technology to link extraction sites with distribution routes. This monument survives as physical evidence of the region's coal mining heritage and the industrial infrastructure that supported the exploitation of South Wales's extensive mineral resources during the industrial era.
Waun y Coed Colliery Branch Canal and Tramroad Incline is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM400. View the official record →
Waun y Coed Colliery Branch Canal and Tramroad Incline is a Post Medieval and Modern period industrial structure located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference GM400. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM400.
Waun y Coed Colliery Branch Canal and Tramroad Incline dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a canal. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Waun y Coed Colliery Branch Canal and Tramroad Incline 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 GM400.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Neath Abbey Ironworks Calcining Kilns (7.1 km), Neath Abbey Ironworks (7.2 km), Court Herbert Cross & Grave Slab (7.3 km).
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