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Hafod Copper Works canal basin

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 08245w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Landore
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS66119509
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL CANAL BASIN

Summary :
The site of the first Hafod Copper Works canal basin, thought to be built with the Swansea Canal circa. 1809 and shown on the OS Ed. 1 map. The basin was filled in during the late 1920s, but the blocked canal arches can be seen in the remaining length of canalside boundary wall
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Description :
The site of the Hafod Copper Works first canal basin, thought to be built with the Swansea Canal circa. 1809 and shown on the OS Ed. 1 map. The basin was filled in during the late 1920s, but the blocked canal arches can be seen in the remaining length of canalside boundary wall (PRN 08089w).

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

Sources :
Eyre-Morgan, G. & Morgan, R. , 2021 , Hafod-Morfa Copperworks: Archaeological Field Evaluation
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)
E008399 : Hafod-Morfa Copperworks, Swansea (year : 2021)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 00842w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08087w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08089w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 01046.0w

Compiled date : 06-07-2016


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