Blaenavon
Blaenavon is a Town in the county of Torfaen (Tor-faen).
Blaenavon postcode: NP4 9EJ
There are great places to visit near Blaenavon.
Blaenavon History
There are some historic monuments around Blaenavon:
- Cairn on the Blorenge
- The Graig Settlement
- Iron Furnace SW of Clydach
- Battle Tump
- Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Southern Approach
- Gilwern Embankment
- St. Faith's Churchyard Cross, Llanfoist
- Castle Arnold
- Maes-Celyn Castle Mound
- Iron Ore Scours at Upper Race, Pontypool
- Crickhowell Castle
- Pwll Du Limestone Quarry & Water Balance Lift
- Iron and coal patching at Pen-ffordd-goch, Blaenafon
- Dyne Steel Incline
- Clydach Coal Level
- Twr Pen-cyrn round cairns
- Defended Enclosure 350m NNW of Ty-Uchaf
- Carn-y-Defaid Round Cairns
- Gwernvale chambered cairn
- Pwll Du Tramroad Tunnel Northern Entrances & Site of Lower Rank
- Garn Road Powder House 300m ENE of Ashgrove Bungalow
- Cwmbyrgwm Colliery
- Standing Stone N of Golden Grove
- Disgwylfa Tramroads
- St Illtyd Castle Mound
- Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge
- Area of Conventual Buildings, St Mary's Priory
- Ffawyddog Gaer
- St. Bartholomew's Churchyard Cross, Llanover
- Blorenge Tunnel, Hill's Tramroad
- Blaenavon Ironworks
- Limekiln and Quarries at Craig-yr-Hafod
- Pen y Fan Canal Reservoir
- Blorenge Quarries Tramroad
- Clydach Ironworks (remains) and Smart's Bridge
- Cwrt-y-Gollen Standing Stone
- Abergavenny Castle
- British Colliery Pumping Engine House
- Crickhowell Bridge
- Coed Pentwyn Hillfort
- Abergavenny Bridge
- Tramroad Bridge, Bailey's Tramroad, Govilon
- Mynydd Pen-cyrn round cairn
- Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon
- Marine Colliery Pumping Engine
- Ironstone Quarries at Carreg Maen Taro
- Coed Cefn hillfort
- Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of)
- Ffynnon Angoeron Holy Well
- Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline
- Abergavenny Roman Fort
- Air Furnace at British Ironworks
- Porth Mawr
- Garn Coch
- Mynydd Pen-y-fal round cairns
- Llangattock Tramroad Inclines
- Mynydd Llangattock round cairn
- Coal and Iron Ore Workings West of Abergavenny Road, Blaenavon
- Old Beam Pump & Winding Engine, Glyn Pits
- Garnddyrys Ironworks (Site of) and adjacent Tramway
- Engine Pit, Blaenavon
- Hill's Tramroad Inclines, Llanfoist
- Great Oak Road standing stone
- Llanwenarth Churchyard Cross-Base
- Waun Cyrn round cairn
- Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline
- Abersychan Railway
- Clydach Railroad Section near Brynmawr
- Blaenavon Upper Brick Yard
- Hen Castell
History of Blaenavon
When the Hospital closed it became a nursing home and in 1995 a Grade 2 Listed Building. Left empty following its closure in 2006, badly vandalised and stripped of its lead work, slate Roof and original interiors, the building was placed on the At Risk register. The House was sold in 2017 and is currently undergoing restoration as a family home once again.
