West Merthyr Colliery

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Recorded period

post-medieval

What is recorded here

West Merthyr Colliery is a coal mine in Swansea, Wales.

From the Coflein (National Monuments Record of Wales) record 33543

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• Jaggery, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Gerry Lewis, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Alan Richards, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Adrian Dust, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Nigel Davies, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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