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Cwm-Glo - Cyfarthfa Tramroad, Pen-y-Heol-Gerig Quarry Branch

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NPRN85665
Map ReferenceSO00NW
Grid ReferenceSO0378006460
Unitary (Local) AuthorityMerthyr Tydfil
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityCyfarthfa
Type Of SiteTRAMWAY
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Part of the plateway system connecting various ironstone and coal levels on the western slopes of the Taff valley with Cyfarthfa Ironworks.
(SO03780646-SO03610637).

1884 (OS 6-inch 1st Edn.): A branch running from the Cwm-glo Pit-Cyfarthfa Ironworks line into Pen-y-heol-gerig Quarry.

1905 (OS 6-inch 2nd Edn.): Still extant