Kilgetty Colliery Engine House
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Kilgetty Colliery Engine House
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 24 Dec 2019
Somewhat derelict at present, and losing a few roof tiles, this building is the former engine house of the 300-feet deep 'Engine Pit' mine, which now lies beneath the roadway, roughly where I was standing. It contained the pit's winding engine, raising a man-cage and coal from the pit, and is now considered to be a very rare survivor of the Pembrokeshire coal industry. Although it is known to have served the Engine Pit in the 1900s, the upper brick part of the building certainly lies on a much older plinth of sandstone, which may have contained a previous engine operating for the Neath Abbey Iron Company around 1811. Grade II listed http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=6556 & https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300006556-kilgetty-colliery-engine-house-amroth#.XlOCKCj7RPY in 1991.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.737724
Longitude
-4.697676