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Aberdulais Forge

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 01871w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Tonna
Unitary authority : Neath Port Talbot
NGR : SS77409912
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL Forge

Summary :
One of the complex of industrial building powered by the Aberdulais Falls. Probably started before 1700.

The site was first occupied in 1584 when Ulrich Frosse set up a copper smelting works under his Mines Royal Company using water from the falls to power the machinery. At around 1684 the site became an iron forge and later a tinplate works (Roberts 2013).

Description :
One of the complex of industrial building powered by the Aberdulais Falls. Probably started before 1700.

The site was first occupied in 1584 when Ulrich Frosse set up a copper smelting works under his Mines Royal Company using water from the falls to power the machinery. At around 1684 the site became an iron forge and later a tinplate works (Roberts 2013).

Sources :
Roberts R.O , 1979 , Enterprise and Capital for non ferrous metal smelting in Glamorgam 1694-1924 , Morgannwg : 23 : 48-82
Roberts, R. , 2013 , GGAT121: Iron Production - Forges in Glamorgan and Gwent

Events :
E004291 : Iron Production - Forges in Glamorgan and Gwent (year : 2013)
E004296 : Aberdulais Forge (year : 2012)

Related records
National Monuments Record NPRN 40440 http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/40440/details

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