NPRN535765
Map ReferenceSO10NW
Grid ReferenceSO1023407874
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCaerphilly
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityRhymney
Type Of SiteCOAL MINE
PeriodPost Medieval
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Description
An area of pits and spoil tips, 100m E-W x 30m, the ground regraded on the N side. The pits are approximately 4m in diameter and 1.5m deep. The spoil tips are up to 3m high and include finger tips. Part of a large area of patching at the N end of Gelligaer Common, which is shown on the 1884 OS map (NPRN80455) but was mostly regraded in the late C20.
Recorded as part of RCAHMW Uplands Initiative Project, W B Horton, H & H, 23/09/2013.