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Neath Canal: Cnel Bach Branch Canal

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NPRN34452
Map ReferenceSN80SE
Grid ReferenceSN8537004650
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNeath Port Talbot
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityGlynneath
Type Of SiteCANAL
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
1. The stone foundation of dry dock was South wall of dock; wharf house (nprn 34453) beyond. Water still in this terminal dock, branch canal blocked.

2. Private branch from Neath Canal (nprn 34444); approx 1/4 mile long.
B.A.Malaws, 11 June 1999.

3. A branch canal was built in l8l7 across the valley floor to join a railway from Cwm Gwrach collieries. At the junction (SN 8553 0456) is a derelict wharf-house and at the terminus of the branch canal are the remains of a lime-kiln (SN 8700 0497).
(Site entry from "A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the Swansea Region", Association for Industrial Archaeology, 2nd Edition, 1989)
J Hill 28.10.2003


Cnel Bach (or Cwm Gwrach branch canal) follows a south-easterly line from the main canal to the railway.

D.K.Leighton 27.02.2006