List_of_Scheduled_Monuments_in_Torfaen

List of scheduled monuments in Torfaen

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The county borough of Torfaen is in the south-east corner of Wales, occupying the valley of the Afon Llwyd, from Cwmbran and Pontypool up to Blaenavon. With only 2 prehistoric and 5 medieval scheduled sites, the list, like the landscape, is dominated by the Industrial monuments of the 18th and 19th centuries. In particular, the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape is a World Heritage Site.^[1] Of the 25 monuments, 14 are found within the Blaenavon Community. All of the Torfaen administrative area lies within the historic county of Monmouthshire.

Scheduled monuments have statutory protection. The compilation of the list is undertaken by Cadw Welsh Historic Monuments, which is an executive agency of the National Assembly of Wales.^[2] The list of scheduled monuments below is supplied by Cadw^[3] with additional material from RCAHMW and Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.

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Blaenafon Industrial Landscape

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Cadw: Ancient Monuments and Scheduling. Accessed 25 April 2013

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Cadw will send their list as a spreadsheet, or other electronic formats, on request, as indicated at www.whatdotheyknow.com. This list uses information dated May 2012

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coflein NPRN: 306237 South cairn, coflein NPRN: 306238 North cairn. GGAT PRN: 08442g. Cadw SAM: MM209: Carn-y-Defaid Round Cairns

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coflein NPRN: 307841. coflein NPRN: 307842. coflein NPRN: 307843. coflein NPRN: 307844. GGAT PRN: 00138g, GGAT PRN: 00139g, GGAT PRN: 00140g, GGAT PRN: 00141g. Cadw SAM: MM045: Cairns West of Craig y Dyffryn

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coflein NPRN: 300133. GGAT PRN: 02079g. Cadw SAM: MM212: Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of)

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coflein NPRN: 307835. GGAT PRN: 0106g. Cadw SAM: MM271: Llanderfel Church

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coflein NPRN: 307834. GGAT PRN: 00151g. Cadw SAM: MM309: St. Peter's Churchyard Cross, Henllys

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coflein NPRN: 307897. GGAT PRN: 00623g. Cadw SAM: MM136: Churchyard Cross

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coflein NPRN: 43276. GGAT PRN: 00627g. Cadw SAM: MM137: Llantarnam Abbey Tithe Barn

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coflein NPRN: 407507. GGAT PRN: 07226g. Cadw SAM: GM597: Abersychan Railway

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coflein NPRN: 85068. GGAT PRN: 04698g. Cadw SAM: MM221: Air Furnace at British Ironworks

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coflein NPRN: 85065. GGAT PRN: 04699g. Cadw SAM: MM216: British Colliery Pumping Engine House

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coflein NPRN: 85072. GGAT PRN: 02156g. Cadw SAM: MM163: Cwmbyrgwm Colliery

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Level coflein NPRN: 307044. GGAT PRN: 03319g. Bridge coflein NPRN: 307044. GGAT PRN: 03319g. Cadw SAM: MM220: Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge

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coflein NPRN: 34134. GGAT PRN: 02221g. Cadw SAM: MM200: Blaenavon Ironworks

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coflein NPRN: 260702. GGAT PRN: 08117g. Cadw SAM: MM296: Blaenavon Upper Brick Yard

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coflein NPRN: 88059. GGAT PRN: 04694g. Cadw SAM: MM222: Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline

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coflein NPRN: 304095. GGAT PRN: 05529g. Cadw SAM: MM297: Coal and Iron Ore Workings West of Abergavenny Road, Blaenavon

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coflein NPRN: 276010. GGAT PRN: 03439g. Cadw SAM: MM279: Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline

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coflein NPRN: 260302. GGAT PRN: 05493.0g. Cadw SAM: MM280: Dyne Steel Incline

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coflein NPRN: 67650. GGAT PRN: 03321g. Cadw SAM: MM277: Engine Pit, Blaenavon

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coflein NPRN: 308295. GGAT PRN: 00056g. Cadw SAM: MM227: Iron and coal patching at Pen-ffordd-goch, Blaenavon

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coflein NPRN: 260542. GGAT PRN: 03552g. Cadw SAM: MM295: Ironstone Quarries at Carreg Maen Taro

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coflein NPRN: 276020. GGAT PRN: 07826g. Cadw SAM: MM293: Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon

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coflein NPRN: 85831. GGAT PRN: 04692.0g. Cadw SAM: MM223: Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Southern Approach

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coflein NPRN: 302570. GGAT PRN: 0797g. Cadw SAM: MM256: Iron Ore Scours at Upper Race, Pontypool

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coflein NPRN: 33566. GGAT PRN: 02335g. Cadw SAM: MM192: Old Beam Pump & Winding Engine, Glyn Pits

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Name	Site type	Community	Location	Details	Period	SAM No & Refs
Carn-y-Defaid Round Cairns	Round cairn	Blaenavon, (also Llanfoist Fawr), (see also Monmouthshire)	51.7842°N 3.0585°W / 51.7842; -3.0585 (Carn-y-Defaid Round Cairns), SO270100		1Prehistoric	MM209 ^[4]
Cairns (4) West of Craig y Dyffryn	Round cairn	Henllys	51.6285°N 3.0835°W / 51.6285; -3.0835 (Cairns West of Craig y Dyffryn), ST251927		1Prehistoric	MM045 ^[5]
Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of)	Chapel	Blaenavon	51.763°N 3.0592°W / 51.763; -3.0592 (Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of)), SO269076		4Medieval	MM212 ^[6]
Llanderfel Church	Church	Fairwater	51.6516°N 3.0653°W / 51.6516; -3.0653 (Llanderfel Church), ST263953		4Medieval	MM271 ^[7]
St. Peter's Churchyard Cross, Henllys	Cross	Henllys	51.6132°N 3.059°W / 51.6132; -3.059, ST267910		4Medieval	MM309 ^[8]
Llantarnam Churchyard Cross	Cross	Llantarnam	51.6328°N 3.0028°W / 51.6328; -3.0028 (Churchyard Cross), ST306931	Socket and shaft of a medieval cross, with modern steps and cross-head.	4Medieval	MM136 ^[9]
Llantarnam Abbey Tithe Barn	Tithe barn	Llantarnam	51.6317°N 2.9954°W / 51.6317; -2.9954 (Llantarnam Abbey Tithe Barn), ST312930	Long presumed to be an abbey building, this is now thought to be a 17th-century building	4Medieval	MM137 ^[10]
Abersychan Limestone Railway	Railway	Abersychan	51.7324°N 3.0519°W / 51.7324; -3.0519 (Abersychan Railway), SO274042	Built c 1830 to carry limestone from Cwm Lascarn quarry to the British Ironworks.	5Post Medieval/Modern	GM597 ^[11]
Air Furnace at British Ironworks	Ironworks	Abersychan	51.7262°N 3.0769°W / 51.7262; -3.0769 (Air Furnace at British Ironworks), SO257036	Rare remains of a reverbatory air furnace used for re-melting cast iron. The furnace is in the courtyard of the derelict foundry buildings.	5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM221 ^[12]
British Colliery Pumping Engine House	Engine house	Abersychan	51.7266°N 3.0751°W / 51.7266; -3.0751, SO258036	Cornish beam pumping engine house built by the British Iron Company. Built of sandstone with a slate roof, and retains several fixtures.	5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM216 ^[13]
Cwmbyrgwm Colliery	Coal Mine	Abersychan	51.7236°N 3.0858°W / 51.7236; -3.0858 (Cwmbyrgwm Colliery), SO252033	Site of former colliery including remains of a water-balance headgear, chimney, oval shafts, water power dams, tramroad routes, and waste tips.	5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM163 ^[14]
Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge	Level	Blaenavon	51.7728°N 3.0909°W / 51.7728; -3.0909, SO248088		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM220 ^[15]
Blaenavon Ironworks ^[1]	Industrial monument	Blaenavon	51.777°N 3.0892°W / 51.777; -3.0892 (Blaenavon Ironworks), SO249092		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM200 ^[16]
Blaenavon Upper Brick Yard	Quarry	Blaenavon	51.781°N 3.087°W / 51.781; -3.087 (Blaenavon Upper Brick Yard), SO251097	Also known as Bunker Hill Brick Yard.	5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM296 ^[17]
Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline	Industrial monument	Blaenavon	51.7826°N 3.099°W / 51.7826; -3.099, SO242098		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM222 ^[18]
Coal and Iron Ore Workings West of Abergavenny Road, Blaenavon	Iron mine	Blaenavon	51.7869°N 3.084°W / 51.7869; -3.084, SO253103		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM297 ^[19]
Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline	Quarry	Blaenavon	51.7699°N 3.1102°W / 51.7699; -3.1102, SO234084		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM279 ^[20]
Dyne Steel Incline	Incline	Blaenavon, (also Llanfoist Fawr), (see also Monmouthshire)	51.7933°N 3.1017°W / 51.7933; -3.1017 (Dyne Steel Incline), SO241110		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM280 ^[21]
Engine Pit, Blaenavon	Coal Mine	Blaenavon	51.7747°N 3.0972°W / 51.7747; -3.0972 (Engine Pit, Blaenavon), SO243090	Earliest Blaenafon shaft coalmine, sunk in 1806	5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM277 ^[22]
Iron and coal patching at Pen-ffordd-goch (Keeper's Pond), Blaenavon	Industrial monument	Blaenavon, (also Llanfoist Fawr), (see also Monmouthshire)	51.7882°N 3.0773°W / 51.7882; -3.0773, SO257104		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM227 ^[23]
Ironstone Quarries at Carreg Maen Taro	Quarry	Blaenavon, (also Llanfoist Fawr and Llanelly), (see also Monmouthshire)	51.794°N 3.1056°W / 51.794; -3.1056, SO238111		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM295 ^[24]
Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon	Air Shaft	Blaenavon	51.7795°N 3.0974°W / 51.7795; -3.0974 (Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon), SO243095		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM293 ^[25]
Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Southern Approach	Industrial monument	Blaenavon	51.7814°N 3.0905°W / 51.7814; -3.0905, SO248096		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM223 ^[26]
Iron Ore Scours at Upper Race, Pontypool	Industrial monument	Pontymoile	51.6815°N 3.0486°W / 51.6815; -3.0486, ST276986		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM256 ^[27]
Old Beam Pump & Winding Engine, Glyn Pits	Industrial building	Pontymoile	51.6924°N 3.0638°W / 51.6924; -3.0638, ST265998		5Post-Medieval/Modern	MM192 ^[28]

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List of scheduled monuments in Torfaen

Scheduled monuments in Torfaen

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