Wales
Torfaen County Borough
Blaenavon

Blaen Pig Sandstone Quarries

Blaen Pig Sandstone Quarries is a quarry in , , . Blaen Pig Sandstone Quarries is situated nearby to the adit , as well as near the cave .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ogof Draenen and Gilwern Hill.

Cave
entrance is located at , north of , . At 66 kilometres it is the longest system in and the second longest in behind the Three Counties System on the // border. is situated 2,300 feet east of Blaen Pig Sandstone Quarries.

Peak
Photo: Carol Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 441 m high hill in the , south of the village of in , . It lies west of the . The hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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. is situated 2,100 feet east of Blaen Pig Sandstone Quarries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pwll Du and Clydach.

Locality
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 .

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

Village
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is a village within the in , . Historically in Brecknockshire, it extends to either side of the River Clydach on the south side of the . is situated 2 miles north of Blaen Pig Sandstone Quarries.

Blaen Pig Sandstone Quarries

Latitude
51.79875° or 51° 47′ 56″ north
Longitude
-3.10444° or 3° 6′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C3RQVXW+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 788847995
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
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