Cwmpennar (or Cwm Pennar) is a small village in
Mountain Ash Mountain ash may refer to:
* '' Eucalyptus regnans'', the tallest of all flowering plants, native to Australia
* Mountain-ashes or rowan
The rowans ( or ) or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus ''Sorbus'' of the rose family, Rosa ...
which is situated in the
Cynon Valley,
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Rhondda Cynon Taf (; RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff (Welsh: ''Taf'') and Ely valleys, plus a number of towns and vill ...
, Wales.
Cwmpennar lies opposite a former
coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...
pit. Cwmpennar is part of the
Cefnpennar
Cefnpennar also known as Cefn Pennar is a small rural hamlet north of the coal mining town of Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff, in Wales. The village that has been in existence since at least 1870 is still part of the Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Ta ...
District Welfare Association (CDWA). On 2 May 1867 an explosion took place at Cwmpennar Pit.
References
Villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf
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