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Mynydd Aberdare - Cyfarthfa Tramroad

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NPRN85698
Map ReferenceSO00NW
Grid ReferenceSO0204006650
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.
(SO02040665-SO01650650).

1905 (OS 6-inch 2nd Edn.): An extension of a branch running south to an ironstone level from the main western line. The extension appears to have been of double track as far as a coal level, continuing as single track beyond, to further workings or spoil heaps.