Cwrt Herbert

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Cwrt Herbert
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Cwrt Herbert
Location within Neath Port Talbot
OS grid reference SN744981
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Neath
Police South Wales
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
List of places
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Wales
Neath Port Talbot
51°40′01″N3°49′01″W / 51.667°N 3.817°W / 51.667; -3.817

Cwrt Herbert, also sometimes called Court Herbert, is a small community to the east of Neath Abbey in south Wales. It developed as a mining village servicing the Cwrt Herbert Colliery in the mid 19th century. [1] The colliery closed in 1929. [1]

A Roman fort named Nidum was found in the village, and is now mostly within the ground of Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cwrt Herbert Colliery" . Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. "Nidum Roman dig in playing fields". BBC Wales. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2021.