Classic Time Team Season 8 Episode 5 The 'Lost Viaduct'
- February 4, 2001
- 49 min
Time Team attempt to find what is reputed to be the first railway viaduct. Built in 1790, horses drew wagons along its tracks to efficiently move coal from the mine to the Blaenavon Ironworks, one mountain over. Tons of earth from local mines has not only covered the viaduct, but filled the valleys so completely that it is difficult to find any clues as to where to dig.