Ordnance Survey 1st edition county series mapping of 1876 shows trial levels and old coal levels to the north of Blaengarw farmstead, with a tramway to levels in the north-west. (Glamorgan, sheet XXVI, 7). By the second edition, in 1899, Blaengarw town is established with workers housing, Blaengarw Pit (NPRN: 523216) to the east and International Colliery to the west, with railway, engine shed, buildings and air shaft. It ceased production in the 1960s.
Photographed during aerial reconnaissance by RCAHMW on 16th October 2008.
L. Osborne, 5th December 2012.
