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Tunnel Pits

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NPRN85528
Map ReferenceSO00NE
Grid ReferenceSO0948006150
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCaerphilly
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityDarran Valley
Type Of SiteCOAL MINE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Tunnel Pits (OS 6-inch 1st Edn.1876 and 2nd Edn 1901)

Commenced sinking 1859 but deferred. Work restarted 1869.
South Pit commenced raising coal Aug,1874.
North Pit commenced raising coal Apr,1876.
The two Tunnel Pits commenced work in 1874 and 1876 but were closed in 1924. The site was subsequently cleared and levelled. (Duplicate of NPRN33539.)
Recorded as part of RCAHMW Uplands Initiative Project, W B Horton, H & H, 18/09/2013.