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Bridge, Swansea Canal, Hafod Copper Works

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 08253w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Landore
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS66129498
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL CANAL BRIDGE

Summary :
A bridge over the Swansea Canal leading to the main entrance to the Hafod Copper Works and shown on the OS Ed 1 and subsequent maps.

Description :
A bridge over the Swansea Canal leading to the main entrance to the Hafod Copper Works. The bridge is shown on the OS Ed 1 and subsequent maps.

Physical evidence of the bridge remains in the form of a limestone set surface 1.2m wide and 6m long which extends W from the works entrance.

The bridge was single arched rubble masonry structure with copper slag copings as seen in period photographs. The parapet walls have been truncated and the arch lies under the canal infill.

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)
E007585 : Hafod-Morfa Copperworks, Neath Road, Swansea (year : 2018)

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

Compiled date : 20-07-2016


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