The Dog Stone

The Dog Stone is a memorial in Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. The Dog Stone is situated nearby to the peak Mynydd Farteg Fawr, as well as near the village Varteg.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Big Pit National Coal Museum and Blaenavon High Level railway station.

Big Pit National Coal Museum

Museum

Photo: Arafi, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Big Pit National Coal Museum is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 as a charitable trust called the Big Pit Trust. Big Pit National Coal Museum is situated 1½ miles northwest of The Dog Stone.

Blaenavon High Level railway station

Railway station

Blaenavon High Level is a railway station on the preserved Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, serving the World Heritage Site and town of Blaenavon, south Wales. Blaenavon High Level railway station is situated 1 mile north of The Dog Stone.

Blaenavon Ironworks

Museum

Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blaenavon Ironworks is a former industrial site which is now a museum in Blaenavon, Wales. The ironworks was of crucial importance in the development of the ability to use cheap, low quality, high sulphur iron ores worldwide. Blaenavon Ironworks is situated 1½ miles north of The Dog Stone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Varteg and Cwmavon.

Varteg

Village

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Varteg is a village in the county borough of Torfaen in Wales.

Cwmavon

Village

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Cwmavon is a hamlet about 2 miles south of Blaenavon and 4 miles north of Pontypool. The hamlet is part of the community of Abersychan in the county borough of Torfaen in south east Wales, and is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire.