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Miners' Museum - Afan Agored

Local Attractions


Miners' Museum - Afan Agored

Simulated mine shafts. Artifacts and Documents. Information on the exploitation of women and children in the mines.

One rather macabre exhibition of sections from the lungs of miners who had died of pneumoconiosis (popularly referred to as "the dust"). One example showed a scar tissue cavity the size of a fist.

Situated in the Countryside Centre - on the A4107 - about six miles from Port Talbot.

Opening Times: 10.30 - 17.00 Monday - Saturday

Entry: œ1.20 (Adult) 60p (Child)


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