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Hafod Copper Works revetment wall

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 08259w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Landore
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS66169507
Site Type (preferred type first) : MODERN WALL

Summary :
A 10m length of north south revetment wall, 60m to the south of revetment wall reference PRN08258, formed of Pennant rubble and surviving to a height of nearly 4m.

Description :
A 10m length of north south revetment wall, 60m to the south of revetment wall reference PRN08258w. It is formed of Pennant rubble and survives to a height of nearly 4m, but the lower 2.5m and the northen extent lie beneath debris and undergrowth. A large semi-circular headed opening in the wall, with a brick head, is thought to represent an early furnace site.

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) 08258w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08260w

Compiled date : 10-08-2016


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