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I was brought up in Ynysybwl in the 1960s/70s and have retained my fondness for my old home village.
Old maps show “old railway” in this area – presumably for the old Darranddu levels Was the wall possibly a bridge/enbankment for the railway? I guess that this old railway would have crossed what is now the main Ynysybwl/Pontypridd Road and river Clydach to join up with the main Ynysybwl Railway Branch?
I am from ynysybwl, and having left over 15 years ago am pulled back by it mystery ( and my beautiful partner) I’ve visited the strawberry wall and level at Darrenddu, not believing i had never noticed the open shaft during my many walks up to the fishery as a kid. I discussed both with my grandad, who is a life long Bwl inhabitant claimed that the wall was an elevated dram platform for another level. he also claimed that Ynysybwl was scattered with these levels including one covered at the bottom of new road, one in Jackie Butch’s quarry by the round park, whitch he can remember working in his lifetime!! and several up towards the old bwl pub. does anyone have any more info on there please?
my connections with ynysybwl arefrom 1943-1990. during the 1950.s in company with my uncle ;harry hopkins would walk the bwl branch from old bwl to pistill golau onthe way i was shown the brick arch entrance to a drift mineabove cwm sidings. i tried finding this in the mid 1980,s but no luck, probably collapsed