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Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales

Hirwaun ironworks and colliery tips

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: works refuse.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Hirwaun had an early ironworks at the head of the Cynon valley and later collieries; ash and slag ground and back-land hold works and colliery refuse.

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