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Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales

Treherbert head-of-Rhondda 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: colliery refuse.

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

Why this spot

1900 historic-map era

Treherbert was a colliery town at the head of the Rhondda Fawr, opened by early steam-coal sinkings; tip and back-land ground hold dense colliery-era refuse.

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