Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
NW Ventilation shaft to Morlais Tunnel
Cyfarthfa, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 11 March 2003
- Locality
- Pant
- Community
- Cyfarthfa
- Unitary authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.74898, -3.42409
- Cadw reference
- 80960
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated just SE of the Brecon Mountain Railway station at Pant.
History
Later C19 large ventilation shaft, one of 3 to Morlais or Miler tunnel of 1879 on the London and North Western Railway. This railway, one of several in the Merthyr area, came from Abergavenny went through the tunnel to Pontsarn, Cefn Coed and eventually to Merthyr using the joint line with the Brecon and Merthyr Railway.
Exterior
Ventilation shaft to railway tunnel, circular, red brick with battered sides and raised brick square labels under brick top band, itself under sandstone coping carrying shallow-domed iron protective grille. Bricks are laid in alternate courses of headers and stretchers.
Reason for designation
Included as one of an exceptional group of distinctive railway structures from the industrial history of the area.
Nearby in the register
- Iron Ore Scours and Patch Workings at Winch Fawr, Merthyr TydfilIron mineunder 1 mi
- Pillow Mound at Bryn y GwyddelPillow Moundunder 1 mi
- Carn Pentyle-Hir & Adjacent Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Hut Circles & Enclosures on Buarth MaenUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.