Abercarn is a district in the county of
Gwent,
Wales, 10 miles north-west of
Newport, Gwent[?] by the
Great Western railway[?]. The district is traditionally associated with collieries, ironworks and tinplate works; the town, which lies in the middle portion of the
Ebbw[?] valley, being situated on the south-eastern flank of the once great mining region of
Glamorgan and
Monmouthshire.