Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cornish Type Engine House, Bryngwyn Colliery
Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen, Caerphilly, Wales
A scheduled monument in Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen, Caerphilly, recorded as Engine House (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Engine House
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 19 April 1989
- Community
- Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.59621, -3.21113
- SAM number
- GM440
- Cadw record number
- 2913
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamBayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1588 · Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich)
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- [Kaart] (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of an engine house dating to c. 1868. The engine house is three storeys tall and square of the Cornish type. Little is known about its history, however it is believed to have held an inverted Cornish Engine, which would be an unusual, perhaps unique feature. It ceased work in c. 1903.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of mining in Wales. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. An engine house 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.
Nearby in the register
- Bryngwyn Colliery Engine HouseIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Pandy Mawr Railway ArchTransportunder 1 mi
- Church of St BarrwgReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bedwas Churchyard CrossCrossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.