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Neath Canal: Ty'n-yr-Heol Depot, Tonna

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NPRN309471
Map ReferenceSS79NE
Grid ReferenceSS7694098800
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNeath Port Talbot
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityTonna
Type Of SiteDEPOT
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Ty'n-yr-Heol Depot is the most complete of any of the depots of the south Wales valley canals. It is located on either side of the canal at lock no 1.

The depot comprises the canal manager's house and stables on the eastern side of the canal, and on the west side a long timber storage shed with sawpit inside and an open shed with block and tackle hoisting gear where lock gates were made. Attached to this is a store and a smithy.

(Site entry from "A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the Swansea Region", Association for Industrial Archaeology, 2nd Edition, 1989
B.A.Malaws, 14 November 2003.

Survey completed of the stable block on the east side of the canal.