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Tunnel Colliery

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NPRN33539
Map ReferenceSO00NE
Grid ReferenceSO0945006020
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCaerphilly
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityDarran Valley
Type Of SiteCOAL MINE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
The site of Tunnel Colliery. Sinking commenced in 1859 but was deferred, restarting in 1869. The South Pit commenced raising coal in August 1874, and had a Waddle fan and beam engine house. The North Pit started in April1876.
The colliery shut in 1924 and the site was subsequently cleared, levelled and landscaped.
Ordnance Survey six-inch First Edition map (1876); Second Edition (1901)

Recorded as part of RCAHMW Uplands Initiative Project, W B Horton, H & H, 18/09/2013.