Pwll Du

Pwll Du was a village in , Wales. It was declared a slum in 1960 and demolished in 1963. The main employment was provided by nearby limestone quarries and by the iron works in .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: former village near Blaenavon, in Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Pwll-du”, “Pwll-Du”, and “Pwlldu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ogof Draenen and Pwll Du Tunnel.

Cave
entrance is located at Pwll Du, north of , . At 66 kilometres it is the longest system in and the second longest in behind the Three Counties System on the // border.

Adit
Photo: Alan Bowring, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was the longest horse-powered tramway tunnel to be built in Britain at 1,875 metres in length. It started in , Torfaen, Wales, and was originally a coal mine, running northward almost horizontally into a hillside.

Lake
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is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clydach and Blaenavon.

Village
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is a village in , Wales. Its nearest neighbours are the village of and town of .

Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in Torfaen, . The Industrial Landscape has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Village
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is a small village located between and near in north . It is part of the community of . The population was 1,447 in 2011. is situated 2 miles northeast of Pwll Du.

Pwll Du

Latitude
51.79633° or 51° 47′ 47″ north
Longitude
-3.09345° or 3° 5′ 36″ west
Open location code
9C3RQWW4+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2790446149
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q23891391
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In Other Languages

“Pwll Du” goes by many names.
  • Welsh: “Pwll Du”
  • Welsh: “Pwll-Du”
  • Welsh: “Pwlldu”

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