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Former Silver Works/Cast House, Morfa Copper Works

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 08242w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Landore
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS6611095178
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL CASTING HOUSE

Summary :
A 10m length of revetment wall of Pennant Sandstone rubble which originally formed the west wall of a building at the Morfa Copper Works. The building is thought to have been established c. 1840 as a silver works. By 1943 a works plan has it labelled as a cast house.

Description :
A 10m length of revetment wall of Pennant Sandstone rubble which originally formed the west wall of a building at the Morfa Copper Works.

The building was aligned north - south and is thought to have been established c. 1840 as a silver works. It was extended to the south between 1899 and 1919 and by 1943 a works plan has it labelled as a cast house. The surviving wall appears to be from the building's earliest phase, pierced at the southern end by two brick lined furnaces one above the other. Further north the roof joist sockets can be seen.

Fuller details may be found in the report: The Yorkshire Imperial Metals Site: A Site Appraisal (N Ludlow, 2002).

Sources :
Ludlow, N , 2002 , The Yorkshire Imperial Metals Site: A Site Appraisal ( © Dyfed Archaeological Trust)

Events :
E004887 : The Yorkshire Imperial Metals site, Swansea (year : 2002)
E004762 : Landore Park & Ride to Neath Road, Swansea (year : 2002)
E007585 : Hafod-Morfa Copperworks, Neath Road, Swansea (year : 2018)
E007586 : Hafod-Morfa Copperworks, Neath Road, Swansea (year : 2018)
E008159 : Powerhouse, Hafod-Morfa Copperworks, Swansea (year : 2019)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 00841w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08087w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08243w

Compiled date : 06-07-2016


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