Overview
Coflein records Tylagwyn as Quarry in Wales Bridgend. The exact saved period is Post Medieval; 19th Century. This makes it an industrial or working place recorded as Quarry; the short national record does not by itself supply a complete history of the people, events or changes at this place.
What this place is
Coflein records Tylagwyn as Quarry, with the period Post Medieval; 19th Century. That supports the safe reading that this was an industrial or working place recorded as Quarry.
People and events
The short record does not name owners, workers, designers, accidents or events, so none is guessed.
How it was used
The exact type gives the broad working purpose: Quarry. It does not establish machinery, products, workforce or operating dates beyond the saved period.
What survives
The record has an exact point, but its short type is not treated as a current survey of surviving buildings or workings.
Why it mattered
The safe importance is exact local identification of the industrial or working place; deeper economic importance needs another source.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Llwyn Pen y Pwntmonument0.1 miles
- Prysg y Ffawyddog, Quarry Imonument0.1 miles
- Tylagwyn Baptist Chapel, A4064, Tylagwyn, Cwmgarwmonument0.1 miles
- Ffynnon Dwymmonument0.2 miles
- Mynydd Llangeinwyr, Quarry XIIImonument0.2 miles
- Prysg y Ffawyddog, Shelter VIIImonument0.2 miles
- Prysg y Ffawyddog, Hollowmonument0.2 miles
- Mynydd Llangeinwyr, Quarry XVImonument0.2 miles
- Prysg y Ffawyddog, Quarry IImonument0.2 miles
- Prysg y Ffawyddog, Cultivation Ridgesmonument0.2 miles
- Prysg y Ffawyddog, Shelter Xmonument0.3 miles
- Prysg y Ffawyddog, Quarry IIImonument0.3 miles
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