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'Cilfach Colliery' is shown on the first edition (1878) of the Ordnance Survey 25in map; it consists of a tramway-served level to the west, a cluster of buildings to the south and spoil tips to the east. The tramway passes between the spoil tips and drops to the east down a double-tracked incline operated by a drum (winding) house, passing under the Rhymney Railway to coal drops serving railway exchange sidings from where a line joins the Brecon and Merthyr Railway south of Bargoed/Aberbargoed Junction. On the second edition map (1900) the site is named as 'Gilfach Colliery' and the tramway incline line has been singled. On the third edition map (1919), the mine is shown as disused and all railways and buildings have been removed. The colliery was probably linked underground to Gilfach Colliery (West) (nprn 80472), some 400m to the south-west, as a means of spoil removal: space for expansion by Gilfach (East) was severely limited and there appears to have been no further spoil tipping there after the opening of Gilfach (West).
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 12 November 2010.