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Ynys Pit and Leat, Mill Wood, Sketty, Swansea

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NPRN275875
Map ReferenceSS69SW
Grid ReferenceSS6140091900
Unitary (Local) AuthoritySwansea
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunitySketty
Type Of SiteCOAL MINE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
1. Early nineteenth century colliery, portrayed as 'old coal pit' on OS County series (1878), on which a 1,450m stretch of leat is shown, with two mills along its line, obscured to the west by colliery tips.
RCAHMW AP955062/50-1
J.Wiles, RCAHMW, 27.01.2004.

2. A water powered colliery site operated from the 1840s until before 1877, together with a well-preserved length of Sir John Morris's water power leat built around1800. The site is within the Clyne Valley Country Park.
(Source: Collieries of Wales, RCAHMW)
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 01 June 2011.