Mines in Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire's small, isolated coalfield was led by Hook Colliery, which produced prized anthracite and, until a rail link was finally built in the early 1900s, shipped almost all of it out by sea from its own quay on the Western Cleddau estuary.

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MineWorkedCommodities
Bellstone Quarry 1825–By 1891 Slate
Bonville's Court Colliery 1842 or 1855 (sources differ)–1930 Anthracite
Broadmoor Colliery c. 1820–1930 Coal
Cilgerran Quarries from By the 19th century Slate
Grove Colliery, Kilgetty 1856–1884 Anthracite
Hook Colliery 1850–1948 Coal
Kilgetty Colliery c. 1843–1939 Anthracite
Landshipping Colliery from 1788 Coal
Loveston Colliery 1932–27 July 1937 Anthracite, Coal
Preseli Bluestone Quarries Around 3000 BC–c. 3000 BC (no later working) Bluestone, Rhyolite
Rosebush Slate Quarry 1842–1914 Slate
Sprinkle and Nash Colliery 1855–1865 Coal, Anthracite
Thomas Chapel Colliery 1784–1867 Coal
Trefrane Cliff Colliery 1854–1913 Coal
Wood Level Colliery From 1775–1950 Coal

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