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Carmarthenshire CoastThe Amman Valley Tramroads
Old tramroad and colliery ground above the Amman valley, greening over, with the Black Mountain filling the northern view.
- Distance
- 3.7 mi / 6 km
- Time
- 2 hr
- Ascent
- 150 m
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Shape
- Circular
Where it is
The circle shows the general area, not the exact start. Use the directions link below to get to the car park itself. Contours and paths shown are OpenTopoMap, drawn from OpenStreetMap data.
The route
Tracks follow the old tramroad formations from the village and loop through reclaimed ground. Gentle throughout.
Worth knowing
- The anthracite here was the hardest and cleanest coal in Britain and was exported worldwide.
- The tramroad terraces contour the hillside and make good walking lines.
- The last deep mine in the valley closed in the 1990s.
What you’ll see
Tramroad formations, reclaimed colliery ground, and the Black Mountain north.
Background
The Amman valley worked anthracite from the eighteenth century, and the tramroads predate the railways by decades.