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Tudors to IndustryY Tuduriaid a Diwydiant
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Ironworks, quarries and Big Pit coal mine, where former miners lead visitors 90 metres underground. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.Gwaith haearn, chwareli a Phwll Mawr, lle mae cyn-lowyr yn arwain ymwelwyr 90 metr dan ddaear. Safle Treftadaeth y Byd UNESCO.
The ironworks opened in 1789 and the landscape around it, with mines, quarries, tramroads and workers’ housing, survives remarkably complete. It became a World Heritage Site in 2000.
Big Pit National Coal Museum is free to visit.
Agorodd y gwaith haearn yn 1789, ac mae’r dirwedd o’i gwmpas wedi goroesi’n rhyfeddol o gyflawn. Daeth yn Safle Treftadaeth y Byd yn 2000.
Mae Pwll Mawr, Amgueddfa Lofaol Cymru, am ddim i ymweld ag ef.