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



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