Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Glynea Colliery
Llanelli Rural, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Coal Mine
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 26 July 1994
- Community
- Llanelli Rural
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.67229, -4.10148
- SAM number
- CM262
- Cadw record number
- 2179
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of a coal mine, dating to the 19th century. The pit was sunk in c.1860 and the layout of the colliery is well represented by several features grouped tightly together. The most prominent is the remains of a Cornish engine house, with a full height gable on one side. Near this is the ruin of a horizontal winding engine house, the base of a fan house, and the heapstead.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance and illustrate our knowledge and understanding of the development of the coalmining industry in Wales. It retains significant archaeological potential, with the strong possibility of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A caol mine may be part of a larger cluster of industrial monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is bounded on the south by the railway line, and on the north by the garage on Cwmfelin Road. The edges of the site on the west and east are north-south lines approximately 10m from the upstanding masonry.
Nearby in the register
- Genwen Engine HouseEngine Houseunder 1 mi
- Capel Dewi, LlwynhendyChapelunder 1 mi
- Pencoed Lead WorksLead Mineunder 1 mi
- The SanctuaryDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.