Fochriw, Opencast Mine

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Recorded period

post-medieval

What is recorded here

Fochriw, Opencast Mine is a coal mine in Caerphilly, Wales.

From the Coflein (National Monuments Record of Wales) record 535740

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• Jaggery, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Alan Hughes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Robin Drayton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Ben Brooksbank, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• David Smith, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• John Lord, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Adrian Dust, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Fochriw Primary SchoolJunior School · 321 ydFochriw VillageVillage · 377 ydFochriw CollieryCoal Mine · 693 ydRaslas Pond;Rhaslas Pond (Dowlais Free Drainage System)Reservoir · 1.0 miTwyn-y-Waun, Quarry East ofQuarry · 1.3 miAbandoned opencast mine workings at Dowlais Top, 1990Old home or work place · 2.0 miFilling station by A465 at Dowlais TopHeritage place · 2.2 miPengarnddu bridge, Dowlais TopHeritage place · 2.2 miStation Terrace, Dowlais TopHeritage place · 2.2 miTwyn GwersyllfaMountain / peak · 4.7 miScrambling into the forestForest or wood · 4.8 miMynydd Aberdare Parish Boundary Stone IBoundary Stone · 4.9 mi

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