Ffynnonau Duon no3

Part of Ffynnonau Duon no2


Coal Mine

Worked from 1970 to 1991

Aug 6th, 2024 from Book by Alex

Feb 21st, 2025 by Alex



South Wales
Fochrhiw
51.7268906, -3.312757
SO 0943 0395
Private Land
334m
#26,342


Small site with a building used as an office/mess/lamproom and a balloon loop of track leading to a tippler. All that remains is the base of the hopper used for loading coal into road wagons.



Owners:
1970-01 Ffynnonau Duon Mines Ltd

Worked the Brithdir Seam and was abandoned in 2001.



Publications (2)

  • Booth, A.J.; Industrial Railway Society (1995); Small Mines of South Wales; pp. 42-45
  • Cooke, R.A.; Lightmoor Press (2018); Gazeteer of Coal mines in South Wales and Monmouthshire






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