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Waun y Coed Colliery Branch Canal and Tramroad Incline is a Post Medieval industrial structure located in Wales, forming part of the transport infrastructure developed to serve coal mining operations in the region. The site comprises elements of both canal and tramroad engineering, reflecting the hybrid transport systems employed during the Industrial Revolution to move extracted minerals from pit to market. The incline represents the practical solutions adopted by colliery operators to overcome changes in topography where canal systems alone proved insufficient. As a scheduled monument under Cadw protection, the remains document the technological and commercial development of South Wales' coalfield during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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 industrial structure located in Wales, forming part of the transport infrastructure developed to serve coal mining operations in the region. 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 Britain.
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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