Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pentreclwydau Colliery
Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A scheduled monument in Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot, recorded as Colliery (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Colliery
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 12 February 2003
- Community
- Glynneath
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.73296, -3.66887
- SAM number
- GM537
- Cadw record number
- 3974
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- [Kaart] (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- Sheet 7 South Wales (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 a drift mine dating to the 20th century. The colliery was operated after Nationalisation, and continued in use until 1967. It produced high quality anthracite for the domestic market. The remains include haulage engine houses, drift entrances, railtracks, and a fan drift with concrete fanhouse and evasee. The colliery is constructed of reinforced concrete and brick, characteristic of post-War structures. The organised layout is unusual for a drift mine.
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 coal 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.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone on B4242 near Oak LodgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Aber-clwyd lock and overflow on Neath CanalTransportunder 1 mi
- Aber-clwyd bridge over Neath CanalTransportunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Neath Canal at Maes-gwynTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.