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Hafod Copper Works revetment wall

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 08294w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Landore
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS66159490
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL WALL

Summary :
A revetment wall at the Hafod Copper Works site. The wall is a continuation of the line of the wall PRN 08289w to the south, as a high Pennant wall, now almost entirely replaced by concrete. It is thought to have been constructed originally in the earlier 19th century.

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

This wall is a continuation of the line of the wall PRN 08289w to the south, as a high Pennant wall, now almost entirely replaced by concrete. It revets the steep upward slope from the level of the Hafod Copper Works rolling mills (08170w & 08295w) to the east and the Swansea Canal (01046.0w) and its works boundary wall (08089w) to the west. It is thought to have been constructed originally in the earlier 19th century.

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)

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) 08289w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08170w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 08295w

Compiled date : 21-09-2016


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