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Hanes Pentyrch History

Early Coal Mines


Diagram of adjacent bell-pits at Craig Gwilym

Candles provided the only source of light in the early pits.

Remains of a bell-pit.

Map by Yates of Liverpool dated 1799 showing coal pits around the Garth north of Pentyrch.


Mule trains carried coal to the industries and homes in the Taff valley.