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Peggi's Level, Blaenavon

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NPRN85851
Map ReferenceSO20NW
Grid ReferenceSO2482009890
Unitary (Local) AuthorityTorfaen
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityBlaenavon
Type Of SiteLEVEL
PeriodPost Medieval
Description

1. A level from which clay used in the manufacture of bricks was excavated. Now filled-in but the entrance is still visible
(DJP 07/10/94).

2. Clay was carried on a tramroad (nprn 85852) to the brickworks.
B.A.Malaws, 29 June 1999.

3. Level mouth (stone lined) and retaining wall (stone) to right of level mouth, blocked (breeze blocks). Arch Height: 1.8m; Width: c. 2m. Owner: National Coal Board Estates Dept. Type: Colliery Level. Source: Cadw Industrial Landscape Survey, 1979-80.
B.A.Malaws, 23 March 2000.

4. The level is c15m long and 3-4m wide before it runs into the hillside. The R jamb of the tunnel entrance is just discernible. It is of rubble stone, forms an obtuse angle, and survives to 0.8m high. Named Meadow Vein Level on 1880 Ordnance Survey. Site visited, 2000.05.18/H&H/WH