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Morfa Copper Works revetment wall

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 08243w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Landore
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS66109515
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL WALLED ENCLOSURE

Summary :
A revetment wall at the Morfa Copper Works forming the southern continuation of the west wall of the former Silver Works/Cast House and surrounding a rectangular enclosure.

Description :
A revetment wall at the Morfa Copper Works forming the southern continuation of the west wall of the former Silver Works/Cast House (PRN 08242w). The wall surrounds a rectangular enclosure measuring 19m north - south and 11.5m east - west and open to the east. It is formed of Pennant Sandstone and copper slag, heightened in red brick. The west wall of the enclosure formally retained the canal basin, filled in in the early 20th century (PRN 08238w).

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)
E004114 : Hafod Copperworks Buildings Swansea (year : 2012)
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) 08238w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08242w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08244w

Compiled date : 06-07-2016


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