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Cwmavon Reservoir

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NPRN270002
Map ReferenceSO20NE
Grid ReferenceSO2689007070
Unitary (Local) AuthorityTorfaen
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityAbersychan
Type Of SiteRESERVOIR
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Built late C19, and shown on the 2nd ed OS, by the Pontypool Gas & Water Co. Still in use.

Reservoir 130m NNW-SSE by 70m, comprising earthen bank up to 3m high, curved to the S side. Facing the road (A4043) is a rubble-stone wall 2.5m high with square rock-faced terminal piers.

R Hayman, Hayman & Horton, 22/1/2003