Garn-yr-erw is a village in south-eastern
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
, lying at the source of the
Afon Llwyd north of
Blaenavon
Blaenavon ( cy, Blaenafon) is a town and community in Torfaen county borough, Wales, high on a hillside on the source of the Afon Lwyd. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. Th ...
and
Pontypool, within the
historic boundaries of
Monmouthshire. The village lies at an altitude of approx 400 metres on the side of
Gilwern Hill, Monmouthshire and is cited by the
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was a ...
as the highest village in Wales.
The village had a
station on the
Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway
The Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd Pont-y-pŵl a Blaenafon) is a volunteer-run heritage railway in South Wales, running trains between a halt platform opposite the Whistle Inn public house (famed for its collection of mi ...
from 1913 until the line's closure in 1941.
See also
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Mining in Wales
Mining in Wales provided a significant source of income to the economy of Wales throughout the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. It was key to the Industrial Revolution.
Wales was famous for its coal mining, in the Rhondda Valley, ...
References
External links
Welsh Coal Mines
– ''Time Team
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Villages in Torfaen