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Mynydd Aberdare - Cyfarthfa Tramroad

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NPRN85694
Map ReferenceSO00NW
Grid ReferenceSO0215006240
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 NE slope of Mynydd Aberd're with a transhipment point on the Cwm Pit Railway.
(SO02150624-SO01950631).
(SO01870636-SO01790635).

1905 (OS 6-inch 2nd Edn.): Two deviations on the branch to an ironstone level west of Ochr-y-mynydd, one of them by-passing the former reversing junction with the line from Winch Mawr, the other a slight alteration at the approach to the level.