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Bedwellte Levels, Transport System

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NPRN535799
Map ReferenceSO10NE
Grid ReferenceSO1533405838
Unitary (Local) AuthorityBlaenau Gwent
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityTredegar
Type Of SiteTRAMWAY
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Transport system by which means coal and building stone was conveyed off the steep E side of Bedwellte Common down to the railway in the Sirhowy Valley at Bedwellte Pits. It comprises 2 tramways from coal levels and quarries (NPRN535558, 535567) and an inclined plane (NPRN535564), which retains its winding frame at the top (NPRN33725).
Recorded as part of RCAHMW Uplands Initiative Project, W B Horton, H & H, 25/09/2013.