Wyllie Colliery was located in the

Sirhowy Valley The Sirhowy Valley ( ) is an industrialised valley in the eastern part of the Valleys region of Wales. It is named from the Sirhowy River () which runs through it. Its upper reaches are occupied by the town of Tredegar within the unitary area of ...

, South Wales. The

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was sunk by the

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and opened in 1926. The colliery was named after a director of the company, Alexander Wyllie.

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village was built to house many of the miners working at the pit. There were two shafts, North and South, both deep. The colliery remained open for only 42 years before closing in 1968.

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