NPRN33417
Map ReferenceSN50SW
Grid ReferenceSN5404001820
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCarmarthenshire
Old CountyCarmarthenshire
CommunityLlangennech
Type Of SiteCOAL MINE
PeriodPost Medieval, 19th Century
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Description

Penprys Pit was developed circa 1840 by the Llangennech Coal Company and worked until circa 1885. 

Sources:
Collieries of Wales, RCAHMW
A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the Swansea Region, by Stephen Hughes and Paul Reynolds, AIA, 1989

Claire Parry, RCAHMW, 24 August 2011.

The winding house is still intact but overgrown (2020).