The scheduled area comprises some 300 meters of a well preserved section of the Llwydcoed Tramroad including an embankment, a single-arched stone bridge and stone sleeper blocks. The tramroad was opened in 1811 and was owned by the Aberdare Canal Company. The tramroad was two miles long and crossed the River Cynon on Robert's Town iron bridge (NPRN 34820). It connected the canal terminus at Aberdare with the Hirwaun-Abernant Tramoad, which served mines and ironworks further up the Cynon Valley.
Source: Cadw scheduling description. F.Foster/RCAHMW 17.10.2008