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Bryndu Coke Ovens

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 02485m
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Cynffig
Unitary authority : Bridgend
NGR : SS8389383490
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL Coke oven
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
A group of coke ovens remaining from a large coking complex, built in about the 1840s. At least 8 of the ovens are complete with their stone and brick vaults, parts of their firebrick linings, coke caked walls and flues. Many more are likely to be intact.

Description :
A group of coke ovens remaining from a large coking complex, built in about the 1840s and supplied the Cefn Cwsg ironworks. At least 8 of the ovens are complete with their stone and brick vaults, parts of their firebrick linings, coke caked walls and flues. Many more are likely to be intact below the undergrowth and fill. (Roberts & Sherman, 2004)

The ovens are of the stop-ended type, with barrel vaults, originally some 5m long, and dampers at the stop end. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the early nineteenth century coal mining industry (Balmond & Wapshott 2022).

Sources :
Balmond, F. & Wapshott, E. , 2022 , Land at Kenfig Industrial Estate, Margam, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot: Results of a Desk-Based Appraisal, Walkover Survey & Historical Visual Impact Assessment
01/PM Note/Dowdell G/1976/Arch in Wales p46 no111
01/PM List/Cadw/SAM Lists

Events :
E005217 : Margam Opencast Extension (year : 2004)
E005323 : Margam Opencast Extension, Neath Port Talbot (year : 2004)
E008353 : Margam Restoration Surface Mine, Cefn Cribwr, Mid Glamorgan (year : 2016)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08102m
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08421m

Compiled date : 03-12-1996


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