NPRN85856
Map ReferenceSO21SW
Grid ReferenceSO2458010310
Unitary (Local) AuthorityTorfaen
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityBlaenavon
Type Of SiteIRONSTONE QUARRY
PeriodPost Medieval
Description1. A linear quarry which may have begun as a series of smaller individual quarries (patches) but which was subsequently worked as a larger unit. SO24581031-SO24391000. DJP 07/10/94
2. A linear working running N-S from C20 opencast for approximately 250m. Has a quarried face on the W side and large mounds of waste on the E side. The base is approx 15m across and flat.
The N end is SO 2448 1019. The S end is 2440 0997.
Site visited, 2000.07.25/H&H/RH.