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Hafod Copper Works revetment wall

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 08288w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Landore
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS66189500
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL WALL

Summary :
A Pennant Sandstone wall at the Hafod Copper Works site, revetting a route way leading north east from the office/stores block (PRN 08263w), downwards from the higher to the lower site level.

Description :
A revetment wall at the Hafod Copper Works site.

Historic OS and site maps from 1879 onward show a route way leading north east from the office/stores block (PRN 08263w), downwards from the higher to the lower site level. To its east lies a Pennant Sandstone wall, rising from ground level at its northern end to 3m to the south, where it has been truncated by an unknown amount. The wall is of large freestone blocks to the north and rubble with poor ribbon pointing to the south.

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) 08289w

Compiled date : 24-08-2016


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