beneath the ground:
big pit
B
ig Pit was a part of an important network of
coal workings established in the first half of
the nineteenth century located in Blaenavon,
South Wales. Today, the site is dedicated to operation-
al preservation of the Welsh heritage of coal mining.
The museum is famous with its underground tour – a
journey around a section of original underground
working tour which led by a real miner, giving a liv-
ing, breathing taste of what life was like for those who
made their living at the coal face.