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This booklet covers lhat part of south eastWales between the Ogmore and the Wye. The contents, with afew exceptions, have been grouped in tothe river valleys that geographically dominate the area. Sites are arranged running up lhe valleys in geographical order The aim has been to convey a representative cross-section o, the unique heritage oi this area, but constraints of space rule out anything approaching a comprehensive list. Sites are identified by the initial letter lor the valley, followed by a number. A variety ol reasons has intluenced the selection ol sitesi some are typical, others are unusual and some simply because they are open to the public or have easy access. Some sites maynotbe listed with the accepted presentdayWelsh spelling but are listed using the name that their owners knew them as. Against most siles is a symbol denoting access, thus: * Can be viewed from lootpath. road, railway or wateMay which may pass through or near the site. This should not imply there is permission to wander anywhere at will. O Open to the public, often with visitors' facilities r On private land. Seek permission for a visit. d5 Working site. Permission must be soughtfor a visit. Nole: the inclusion of sites in the gazetteer should not imply automatic public access. Whenever in doubt, it is always courteous to ask permission to enter a site unless ii is clearly open to the public.

This booklet has been published to mark the Annual Conference of the Assocation for lndustrial Archaeology held in Cardiif September, 2003. PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR INDUSTRIAL ABCHAEOLOGY 2OO3 Whilsl we have attempted to ensure that the details in this Guide are corect at the lime of going to press, neilher lhe aulhors nor the publishers can accept liability for any loss or damage resulting from inaccurary Maps, wher6 indicated, are r€produc€d from the Ordnance Surv€y map wfi the p€mission ol OrdrEice Sutuey, on behal ot Her M46sty's Stationary Offce: @ Crown Copyright MC 10002672: 2OO3 ABBREVIATIOiIS

BAC Brecknock & Abergavenrry Canal MIF Mertlryr Tramroad Brcc Blaenavon kon & Coal Co NA&HR Newporl, Abergavenny & Herelord Rly B&MB & Menhyr Raitway PC&NR , & Newport Rly EH Barry Baihay PD Powell Duffryn CB Cardill Railway RT Rumney Tramroad DL&PR Dufiryn Llynv & Porthcawl Raiway RF Rhymney Baiiway GCC (Company) SWVR Soulh Walos N.iine[al Bailway GWB Groat Westem Raiway SWR Soulh Railway LNWR & Nonh Weslern Bailway TICC Tredegar lron & Coal Company lVcK&H McKenz e & Hol and TVE Taff Vale Extension Railway t\,{cc f.4onmouthshrrc Canal (Company) MR(&CC) [4onmouthshire Baitway (& Canal Co) VNR Vale of Railway MT&AB [.{erthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Rly VGB Railway

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IRON, STEEL AND TIN PLATE The iron trade ol south-east Wales before the lndustrial Revolution was overshadowed by the explosive growth which followed, but -fuelled blast furnaces and forges located here from the sixteenth century onwards. lron ore was readily available in the coal measures at the rim ofthe South Wales and coalfields. All ol the charcoal ironworks were wateFpowered, singleJumace operations. The beslpreserved is the sixteenth-century lurnace at Tintern [W8], fully excavated and displayed. Abercarn Furnace {EB14l is remarkably complete. The early furnaces and forges were distributed widely, the only real cluster being in the , where river navigation allowed connections to the iron trade of the midlands. Most of the earliest sites are lragmentary but the detective work of searching out remains is fascinating. Near Tintern are Trellech Furnace [W14], hidden deep in Woolpitch Woods, and the romantically-lost forge sites of the Angiddy Valley, where ponds, watercourses, cottages and workers' pathways are cir- cumstantial evidence of heat and noise [W6-10]. Many ol the local forges were for the specialist trade of wiremaking, pioneered here in the sixteenth century. The watercourse for wireworks can be followed for a mile [W22]. A burst of new ironworks in soulh Wales from the 1750s translormed the iron trade of Britain. Vast territories rich in coal, ironstone and lime could be leased by single enterprises, and allthe latest methods were applied in a grand, co-ordinated scale. The new generation of works were multi- furnace, cokejired, mainly steam-powered, usually integrated with puddling furnaces to make wrought iron, and vast in scale. Akeady by 1803, C!,farthfa lronworks was the largest in the world, with 2,000 workers. Six blast furnaces can still be seen, together with the waterpower system, tramroads and the former mansion of the Crawshays, now the town museum [t45-50]. Neigh- bouring , the first ironworks in the region to adopt fuel, eventually overtook Cfarthfa, with 6,000 workers: its site is marked by stables, a blowing house and a fine group of public '1830, buildings [f52-5]. ln south Wales produced 40% of all British pig iron, and was by far the greatest ironmaking district ever seen. No better place exists for anyone who wants to understand the iron industry of the early nineteenth century There were some seventy works, mostly ol enor mous size. The best preserved is Blaenavon [AL25], but outstanding complementary remains can be seen in a southern cluster at Tondu [O8], Llynli [O9] and Cefn Cribwr [06], and along the Heads of the Valleys at Gadlys fro3], Ynysfach n'381 and Sirhowy [S'13], among many other sites. , Pig iron and later wrought-iron rails were the mainstays of the trade, but tinplate was an important - product. Mechanrcal rolling of rron plates for tinning was invented at Pontypool in around'1720, and south Wales led the industry for two centuries. Whilst 'Tinopolis' was , there were im- e6pu€ tp/v\oqtcuC :tzn $AC !eqr1 )icoueouen :tzn e tsr*- ta \ I

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'[rCy\] s0961 aLlt lo sljoMlaols ura,uuel'l 6uot elru-o eql lseoc or.ll uo pauado aF/v\ sosudroluo oN paLlsluu uoos aja pla|lleoo aql uo selrs plo^lqelou aql 'slE^^al elrdsac purqaq Asnorlas paddrls^ peq uoroei aql eLu[ qcrl[v\^ Iq '6191. ur saua oosrp s,spuJor{I lsuqclre l[un pasn aq lou plnoc sajo 3uoqdsor]d pco'l leals plLlJ lo uoucnpord dpaqc 6u Iq fulsnpur uoJl salpM lllnos aql uado,uolq 99gL ul rauo^uoc leurasseg eql p uo[ua ur ^ollpaql '[9LI] lsarolal_t ]p sr sourplnq a]ptdurt crlsuapPrEr]c lo sdnoJ6 6ur^Nns luecs eql lo euo pue'ool salPM lsea-qnos ur slro/'^ ueuod TRANSPORT The awkward territory of the mineral fields ol south-east Wales posed maior challenges for entrepreneurs. While the coastwise trade connected several halbours and linked to the Wye Navigation, penetration of the hinterland was arduous. The upland areas were agriculturally poo( and improved turnpike roads arrived late by English standards, mostly lollowing, not leading, industrial demand. Some impressive bridges can be seen. The most justly famous is Edward's Bradge at Pontypridd of 1756, the largest span in western Europe for two generations [t25]. lts graceful rainbow-arc across the Tatf is still inspiring; a total contrast with causeway-bridges such as Leckwith [EL3] and Crickhowell [U24]. Two impressive iron road bridges survive on the Wye; built in 1816 [W2] and Bigswei( 1825 [W16]. The newest masterpieces are for motor- ways: the Wye viaduct and the graceful Second Severn Crossing [MCl0]. Canals and horse-drawn tramroads were the jo nt solution to the transport problems of the lndus- trial Revolution. Canals were promoted in the 1790s, climbing steeply up strategic valleys: the Glamorganshire Canal from Carditf and the from Newport. The flight at Fourteen Locks musl have been formidable to work [EB4]. Despite the ravages of valley redevelopment, stretches of the Glamorganshire Canal suNive intact [I37, T6], and the wateFpowered pump at Melingritfilh is a remarkable survival [f3]. Holiday boats ply the Brecknock and Abergavenny, which loops around the east side of the coalfield, passing wharves and warehouses where iron. coaland lime were loaded [U5, 11, 16, 19]. Horse-drawn tramroads climbed into the hills or sup- plied the ironworks with materials. South-east Wales probably possessed the densest tramroad networks ever built - those linked to the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal are featured on page 38. Gradually, some began to serve the same arterial lunctions as canals. The Merthyr Tramroad paralleled the congested Glamorganshire Canal. and its stone sleeper blocks can still be followed through the woods above the Tafi [t35]. Famously. it was on this line in 1803 that Trevithick oper- ated the first to haul a load. Among other notable tramroad features are B/vll-du tunnelat Blaenavon [AL31], Bassaleg Viaduct [EB2l, Robertslown bridge [C4], and Pontycafnau, built around 1792 and probably the first railway bridge ever built in iron [t48]. The locomolive railway arrived with the Taff Vale in 1841, from Cardiff to Merthyr. 's gave a connection to London in 1852, via , until completion ol the Sev- ern in 1886 [MCg]. A ramitying network of other railways eventually connected every valley, every pit. The most significant features were the viaducts that crossed the coalfield's deep grain, such as the Cefn Viaduct at Merthyr [f59] and the prodigious , sadly represented only by its abulments, clinging 200 feet above the valley floor [E816]. Rail wagons by their thousands trundled day and night to Newport, Carditf, , Barry and Porthcawl. Carditf and Newport were the oldesl ports, and grew with the iron trade lrom the late eighteenth century; but it was the coal trade which crealed spiralling growth. Carditf built the first floating dock in Wales in 1839, and a series ol large docks follo\r',/ed. ln 1890, they handled as much by weight as London. Although the port has changed out ol recognition, many features remain, lrom the Pierhead otlices to graving docks and signal platforms [CF2l5]. The trading otfices of Mountstuart Square symbolise Cardiff's success: the Coal Exchange here set prices internalionally. Barry was created to break Cardill's monopoly [GC3]. The harbour and a new raihray to the Bhondda were built in 1889, and coalwas immediately re-routed there in quantity: in 1913 Barry created a world record for coal shipments which will now never be exceeded. Most surrealof allthe features ofthe south-east Wales ports is Arnodin's Transporter Bridge at Newport, on which you float above the mudbanks of the Usk, borne in a stylish gondola [NP2].

MISCELLANEOUS IN DUSTRI ES South-east Wales did not have a diverse economy historically, though this has changed in recent years. This gazetteer highlights many of the lesser trades, logether with a few engaging oddities. 4 Among significant early industries were the copper works at Redbrook on the Wye [w27], and lhe chain of eighteenth-century paper mills a stone's throw away in the Whitebrook Valley [w22-3]. Remarkable enterprises include the 185Os cement works at Aberlhaq which capitalised on the 3i 1 d AaS AlnIlsUI arPo pue'Z Y€d aqt :Iul I I s;

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Ab€nillery rwE boom town Carditl shows the groMh of arcades, banks, markets and department stores, wealthy suburbs, and miles of terraces. Hardly anything in Carditt dates kom before the mid-nineteenth century Newport is. in contrast, a town with a signilicant Georgian core, but most of the valleys cenlres, like Pontypridd, Maesteg and Pontypool, tell a tale of astonishingly fast creation in the nineteenth century Beyond individual monuments, you must comprehend the landscape. lf you want to understand the massive organisation of resources by the early iron induslry, you must wander over the territo- ries that the iron companies controlled. Follow lhe oblique streellines of and you begin to understand how the town grew up on horse-drawn tramroads [tC8-9]; treck across the mountain- top above Blaenavon to see the way that iron ore was scoured from the surface [AL24]; explore Merthyr's public buildings, fruits of a vibrant nineteenth-century society. lf you visit Rhondda Heritage Park you see important structures, but follow the Rhondda Fawr or the Rhondda Fach upstream and you encounter whole landscapes which, despite the loss of many features, still tell the story of how the tide of industry swept up into the coalfield, bringing collieries, tips, chapels, miners' instilutes, hotels, railways, ltalian cales, and terraced houses by the thousand. The cosmopolitanism of the 'coal-rush' frontier is suddenly apparent. The tacilities communities provided for themselves, usually by subscription, are astonishing: the Parc and Dare lnstitute at seats 2,200, more than many West End theatres [tR7]. Some 100 institutes like this were created in the coal boom years. Millions of lives went into the creation of the industrial culture ot south Wales. The landscapes, sites and buildings in this gazetteer are monuments to all of them.Millions of lives went into the creation ofthe industrial culture of south Wales. The landscapes, sites and buildings in this gazetteer are monuments to all of them. Dr Petet Wakelin 6 peou a1n8 puE punod lcol eas lguec uB6.roL1rEl9 I aql r]louat aqt uaa,{ laq puet duts eq1 L lo to JJIOUVC (sticop aql urql^ poots qcrqM qc.rnqc aql lo poo/u\ ur p[nqa.] alaldrloc e) qclnqc uer6o/v\ -roN aql pue $icop 6ur^er6 'uo[Pls ]otelnuJncce crtne.rpll] B '6urgrng aoelolrd '(uorlecol leurouo slr LUO4 pa OUJ aUOSrql'Spouad luglellplo lere^ss lo euo) asnoH urolsnC eql erp Bo]B srql ul suleura] rooll6urpe4 sI nq 'suorlcunlrol pasn /sou [uc] eouBqcrl poC aql Iq perdncco sr orenbs eql lo e4uec aq1 posuas aq uec rnepuero plo 0r.ll lo euros lnq poqsrloLuop uoeq seq qcnw sacll 10 Jpl.ll pgrl seluedu.roc leoc pue 6urddrqs a]aq/r\ erenbs uenlslunofl slpeeqrod eql lo lse,$ oql 01 $lcop 0ul^eJO lo roqurnu e uoos eq uBc luorlelEr a aql uo oslv lnoqEpuno.r cue]l e uo a.uuac uerc P sroqlouP puP luPrnPlsal qsunl e Iq pordncco sl pue peunour {o sl||ls uo 'palrs-ar /rou st spaqs lrsuerl pau]e.rJ-uor ]aurol eql lo ouo seol]o )icop oql pasnolt qcrw '[8lc] ulseg )tcoo lssM aql oprs -6uote '(968r) [zlCl outptlng pBauatd qrodns aql se,l^ srql lo Insar v oc llp.rec eql ol168L ur ',ualll pue 03 rlcoo^eMlleu en8 aql ot olPls3 an8 oql uro4 par.ralsuPrl elo/l^ $lcop aql 888t ul so.rnleal cuolsrq pguodru lsou] aql are sa lastrJaql sornlcnrls lcop aql pue AlprcrauuJoc osn ur ele aql sued asaql rolEl srge^ a llls lsop ]o AuaMl [oflC] IcoO Bjpug)€V ue€no aql -[ pup 1.88r ut [613] lcoo qlPou'[8Jc] u!sp8^pu l.llEou elll Llll^ ourpuedxe panuluoc srlcop eq] 'sacuerPed -dp eldsep'u]epoLu orP )icop oql uo 6u[uo4 sour @ -ptrnq raqlo V puo quou slr lE [t!Jc] esnoqs,rBM 3 glng palsl aql q]r^\ leleM lo qctarls pol€losl ue se so^^Jns s[ll lo r-icnnl 'sercE It pasolcua -uo pue pouado x e 698t ur )icop eqt [!c]^lenl ,6 lcoo lsBf eu8 atll ^tqpallcEar aql 8981 ur pue otSl ur $jcoo ^e,MllPul.Iprec urorl^auurlqu psuado -urgluo.r Ie \lleu ale^ llel eqf 'aceds clqnd p pue esseld lqeo ppou oql /'^ou sr urseq acue.]lua oql sasnoqa.re A /l^el e qonoLlle uo lllnq Mou s! pue ur palll uaaq seLl ool s[-[ ]ale \ lo sarce 6[ oursolcue pue 6€81 ur ouruedo 'o0o'0903 1o lsoc P le )icoo lseM anE eql auJecaq leq^\ Irnq alng prol sorurcPl ourddlqs rcl puBUJap aql laaLu ol pasopue /t^ou alll puB a4uac aql ueaMleq )Jed uaaro I upl]l aroL! olul 6uraq Juecs are^pq suEuJar nq 86/l ur illnl pouedo^lo lPuec orqsueoJoLlelg aql ^\ou puoM alll ur uod ouruodxa 1EOC lSOleO]6 eql se^ Ilprec uol-]M sIEp aql lo s^eldsrp luanbolg lsorlr puP lsepuP]o eql se reqlo qcea qlr{ 6h aoueqcxS leoc aql puP ourplrnS pPoq]erd eql uprPc polPc,Mou sr leq^ ur stuauJ -dola^op /v\au eLll lsouolle luareddp llts sr qcrqM ope4 uo.]r ^e8pue leoc aql Iq &npoc qluaalauru aql ur llrprEc ol lq6norq qlPaM aql s! lr le^aaoH ellsPc l]rp.rPc Mou sr pq,$ lo olrs oql uo uol ueurou oql ut oels uorr pue lEocrPr.lc lo spuu aq ol PeddP plnoM IIpJPC ur A^rlcE pUlsnpu lo suols lsoll,ea aql

lJtouvc was laid out as housing for 'white collaf dock workers and management by the Bute estate in the 1850s By the twentieth century the fabr c had deteriorated and the area had become populated by dockers and seamen's famil es from throughout the wor d, popularly known as '' ln the 1960s the City Counclcleared the whole area but retained the Butetown in temporary accommodation while new housing was bu lt for them on much the same grid plan and reta ning the Bute-insp red street names. Some orig nal housing survives south of James Street notably Windsor Esplanade (Bat lsland) now over ooking the unchanging waterline of the newly-styled ''. CFI CARDIFF BAY BABBAGE CF3 WEST DOCK BASII{ ST 194735 to ST 189724 O sT 19274s o Measurinq 1.1km (1,210yards) in length, the bar The former entrance basin to the Bute West Dock, rage was designed as part of the creation of a opened 1839 now f I ed in and decked as a pub- new \laterfront for Cardiff. Completed 1999 and rc ope' space a'o lamed to d sgu se rs origrn result ng in a 5,000 acre freshwater lake from the the Roald Dah Plasse The massive stone wal- mpounded Taff and E y rivers, t has 'eliminated ng at least s clear. For twenty years unUl the late the effect ol the tide' - appalently an nh bitor to 1990s th s housed the tug Sea,A/arr?. lt was cut deve opment. Very controversia, not Ieast up in place when the Welsh lndustr al & Maritime amongst the thousands of birds evicted from the l\,4useum was closed down as being an undesir- now covered mud-flats abe elementolthe regeneration oi Cardiff's dock- CF2 PIENHEAD BUILDING and. Mermaid Ouay festival shopping centre now stands on the site oi the WIMM Hal of Power sT 19374s o Alongslde the West Dock Basin is the magn iicent CF4 COAL EXCHAITGE, Pierhead Buiding erected in 1896 as dock ofiices I OUTTTSTUART SQUABE for the Bute Dock Company. Note the fine terra- sT 189747 * cotta panel on the west face Now occupied by A fine building occupying the centre ol the Nat onal Assembly Government ol Wales and Mountstuart Square constructed 1883-6. The Coa at present open to the publ c and Shipping Hall was rebuilt n 1911 and this magniiicent hall, with its Corinthian columns, oak balcony and rich wood panelling, 1s now used for lunctions and broadcasts. ln the entrance halltwo lon slalUes sJppol drals grving t're l.oe trrles CFs BUTE ROAD STATION o sT 191749 * A isted three-storey stuccoed building wth hipped roof. Built in 1843 as the headquarters ol the TVR, the board room survives on the upperfloors. ll has had a number of uses, includ ng hous ng galleries of the former WlMlVl but has recent y been sold. I :il 1.: I CF6 GLA ONGA SHIRE CANAL t SEA LOGK POUND ',] ST 18774410 ST 185758 O , ,'l Card tf s first f oating harbour, opened in 1794 to the balast bank on the river (ST 187750) but ex- tended in 1798 tothesea lock. Closed since 1951, now largey laid out as parkland. Sea lock ob iter- tl I ated bythewesternentrancetotheButetownroad tunnel but some of the gran te stones from the ILL illl'F t- entrance retained and unsympathetically re- -t. ': i erected with a fanciiul flimsy wooden lock gate ,-L lll+ I .a -.aal on a roundabout a mile away at ST 197748 Some tJlt i t t , bollards and the base of a crane remaln near ST 8 li \llr r ,.1 t r88747 and the site oi James Street swing bridge CF2: The Pierhoad Building, lwE (ST 188746) is commemorated by some anwork 3/41 asnoqerEM UMN't :9 tlc o^e6 C0 orlt lo punod )lcol eas aql oreqM srlr€y\l * 8S1r8t lS 6 SSnOH vrOlSnC ZrlC ll lri $icop pue leuec uao/sleq sleoq pnl lue pue pup pa/v\oll€ rt I 1ed leoc requ.u lo ooessed lPu -ec paqcre ll 1 uolcun[aqI se^Nns s6puq AeAlP] i auols ou qcuerq slcoc oLll pue peou org I t uru 'qled/v\ol puec aql Iq poopuq 6ureq lcop lseM atn8 aql qtm ccg aql po)iurl PUec uo[cunf aql tr 9SZ98r rS 'suurnpc uor uo pauod lsPc SCOtUE ,dns s6urtrac loordo.rll pellnE^ 6urpnlcur Illpurouo 'llvu Tvirvc xoEoxnn ]rJc pue Ilpurelur qloq sarnleal leurouo surelel lv 006! lnoqe lo osnoqarP,,\ Ie^ [e] ,aur]ol^ueur snll lal so06l aql ulo.rl spoqs lEue.4 p qlouol e pue uorl -oH puouPuralul ra^oueH aql sP uit oui Alluernc -els ourdu-rnd p :uEurar sourplnq t\elV aprsIpueH * 69106t rS llrnq o6puq 6uLus ,06t e pouueds sr lcoc rsnoHfuv uffltr grlc ^qqleou ol lurl aqL e6e]rP8 aql^q p apEmo ees eql ol ssecce popollcorp qp! $lcop eql lo uouces 'sauerc pue aql sacelder puP ura slsroq lPoc ppraururoc uELLr aql sarce z9 6uua oc'1061 -pouJ aql eql ourpunorns uorlep s! lcop 10 Fa.r ur ouruado '$icoc lJpreC lo uorsupdxa pull eql ,oLur.rJocce ,osnoqorel , eq1 suotllppe Jo raqurnu qoo r o,1mz ls poulpo seq 'spalrqcre url P Iq pardncco e I lo )tcoo YUoNvxrlY olJc oN suLunloc cuoo uor lsec uo spuels asnoq flrrno ^-alEM pepuo8 aql SE u/l oui osle Sr asnoqaPl aprssec L98t potsl or.l] 'rlcoo tsPf amg aql lo peoq oql v -cP lou pue asn lPrcreururoc ur llrls rale^ lo serce + 69ZZ6r rS 00 188t pouado 'urse8 qleou aql eh por]ceeu rsnoHtEvn rrnE rltc O0O r atRoz rs sle[ ol peue^uoc )tcoo ltlvou arc ,i ou sl 1l '6utpls P lo aull eql pa/{olp} qclqM'ecel drqslqbrl )jcr/,^slaH raluJo] quou 6u|^]nc sI ur lPnsnun .rea^ e leaq,{ lo suol aql ol euroq MoN crpnd eql ol olqrssecce nq pesn o0o'ool ourssacord sllruJ ralpr uJeels 1o xa du.roc e Mou loN llo $jcop 6ul^eJ6 lo lo uEd se slueqc.rorlr rnol pue uroc Iq 068t l|lng sldnoc^lprc.rauLuoc e qUs 'sorcE ZL 6ursocua t18L pauedo * 09l. 16 r -rs * tr296 t IS lSnoHSuvrn Nlsva Hlvou arc sulDtvs ? su311tds erlc aprs lsEo aql uo polec uo Jn ,{q6nu qslaM aql oursnoq ,\ ou 6urpl.q -ol0r eugrc I pue ur pell[ uaoq^llecrlolusoc seq lcop aql ol 9r8L paqsqrruer pue paun6^ptolduroc e lo uEur acuerlue pue u seq eql ssnoqolPl enSeqlsro^r^ -at slle,^ rolroua eql puec MolrPu eql ol /bM -rns ot )icop oql 0uluo4 oulplnq purouo Auo oq1 ^luo souerc crlnerplq ez pue sauerc lsPJpq aa.rql snld qPou :613 troo 'sqllPls oe eroM oroql 068 L IE auolP )jcop srql le palpueq eq ol real e Poc lo suol uorllu] L 6uh ol I -p 'polcere sqlrels poc ueaul puP pasolcue ere^ 7 rotP/{}o sorce 9t 6981 o1998! uJo4 seoels u'e1n8 prol ,{q pauado )jcop puocas oql spM srql '6uol olrrlr P Pq ro^o relel lo qclorls polElosr ue E ^\oNIS vcoo rsv3 llna'91r6t llc acuerlua aql le qluld e uo pa^JasaJd sr pasn ',aurqceLu l n) '086 L l0un ourlsal998 ! uv {ts198 | al 15) peou sllequ]nO uo osnoq ourlsal roqcue pue urPqg leaS splon ouruorpunl ll[s aql sr ro^ -runs lsaq nq sacEld ur ro apeu aq uEc qcuerq peou acua]elc s,uMe aql pue APl,\ller urv\o s,Iu a It -edLloc lpuec oql lo saul ouqceuuoc leq/vl aq1 CFI6 TONTH EOAD CAIIAL BNIDGE CF2I BNAIT'S BBEWENY sT 183766 D ST 182756 r (Pj Ncr,v a pedestrian subway beneath Kingsway bul Site taken over by Hancock's in '1894 and subse- with lines ol lhe original canal masonry and an quently became part ol Bass. Bought by Brains kon rubbing post visible. in recent years and allproduction transferred here. llalLDY wElR Brains Old Brewery in St Mary Street, dating lrom cFtT 1713 and acquired in 1882 AI'D BUTE DOCK FEEDEB by Brains now being redeveloped as a retail site. ST 171781 to ST 18a75a O Surveyed by James Green in 1828 but not built CI2" FENNY NOAD GASHOLDEB until late 1830s to supply water lrom river Tatf to ST 1747rli} * the first Bute (West) dock. Feeder survives lo now Plated cylindrical gas-holder of 1881 supported feed the remaining second (East) dock and lhe by a double tier ol 16 casl-iron Doric columns. Roath Dock. Can be walked from the weir to where WELSH it passed beneath the GCC at sT 182767 and cF23 XUSEUX OF LrFE, thence around the town. lt is culverled lrom the sT F GIXS New Theatre and beneath Churchill Way. sI f7n2 tr Set in 100 acres of parkland in the grounds of St GFI8 ADAXSDOUII CEXETENY Fagans Castle, a late 16th century manor house, sT 190766 0 lheWelsh Folk Museum was opened in 1948 and Small former nineteenlh century municipal cem- was a pioneer open air museum. There are a etery, closed 1877 and now an open play space number ol galleries in the main museum build- bul with the graveslones lying againsl lhe perim- rngs and exhrbrls in lhe castle itsell The open-arr eter walls. Many record deaths of seamen in the seclion now has over 40 original buildings moved Bute Docks. lrom various parts ol Wales and carefully re- cFt9 caBDlFF XALTI GS, erecled. A number are ol particular induskial in- EAST TY DALL STBEET teresti sT 200762 * [relin Bompren Corn Mill, Oakdale Workmen's ln- A little way from the main docks area this line stiiule, Sawmill, Rhaeadr Tannery, Llawr,y-glyn range of malling buildings originally dates Jrom smithy, Rhyd-y-car houses, Gorse Mill, Tollhouse, 1887 and s now in use as ight industrialand com- Esgair-l\.4oel Woollen Mill. mercial unils. CF2' RHIWBIiIA GARDEI{ YTLLAGE CF2O CARDIFF CE]ITFAL sT 158812 * BAILWAY STATIOiI lnspired by the late lgth century Garden City sT 1867s7 El Movement, Rhiwbina Garden Village Society was Des gned by GWR Architecls Deparlment and iormed in 1912 acquiring 107 acres norlh of the built 1932-34 under the Unemployment Be ie, c ty, adjacenl to the recently opened Carditf Rail- Scheme. Portland stone booking-hall, with clock way. The,irsl 34 houses were built in 1914 and cupola and recently re-installed Art Deco development conlinued through the 1920s. 189 ghting.Platform b ocks are cream-g azed houses were built in all and in 1968 the lease- (Doulton), and the canopies are conlemporary holds were sold to the remaining tenants. The vil- To assmilale TVR and BR tratlic the layoul and age is now a conservation area and retains a d s- signalling were also allered. tinctive character. J-* II I ;t

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T4 NADYB WEIE irom ST 116827 into the giant cavern ol ore. ln AND IELINGRIFFITH FEEDEh Florest Fawr, on the opposile slde of the Tatf Gap sT 131808 - ST 141798 El at ST 134833 are abandoned exploratory iron ore Built c1750 to provide water power for the workngs ol lhe 1830s. These quarfles he on a Melingritfith tinplate works. Remains ofa boat lock line of limestone which continues north-east at the river end (padially covered by the Tatf trail through Cefn On to the massive Machen quarry cycle path) which enabled the movement of iron [RH3] and south-west to Creigiau quarry and the to i,,lelingriflith lrom lhe upstream Pentyrch fur- haemalite mines at . works were demolished naces When the tinplate TA WAL]{T'' TNEE VIADUCT replaced by a housing estate in the late and D TU IIEL 1980s the leeder was perpetuated by the WDA A to allow eventual iulure operation of the preserved sT 127828 * pier Melingriffilh pumP. Solilary remaining brick oi the 1900 BR lat- tice grrder viaduct since become a monument to iIELI}'GRIFFITH . PEI{TYRCH the silver then golden wedding oI Oueen Ellza- '5BAILWAY beth ll The viaduct carred the BR line from the sr 143803 - ST 120833 tr Bhymney valey to . as a tramroad n 1812 to connect the Authorised T9 BHYHNEY RAILWAY Pentyrch lronworks and the Melngriffth tnplate WALI{UT TNEE ENGII{E SHED works. Converted 1871 to a ra lway and extended northwards to a junction with the TVB al ST f7843. sT 126833 * Track can be walked today. Number of discarded From the RR's opening in 1858 it had a tunction stone sleeper blocks on river bank. kon girder bridge with the TVR at Walnut Tree from which it had run- crossing river Tatf lo 16th century Cilynys Iarm. ning powers to Carditf. lt was not until 1871 lhat it Crosses TVR on the level near to surviving originai had its own direct route to Carditf via Caerph lly TVR Pentyrch raitway station building ol 1841. lunnel. The ofiginal small engrne shed sLMves near to presenl day Tafls Well station (the TVR'S T6 FOEES? FAFTI I{ATUBE RESEBVE lormer Wdnut Tree station) ST 144a04 to ST 13126813 O TIO COAL LEYELS O}T THE GARTH The GCC in water,rom Melingritfith to Tongwyn ais. lowpath roving bridge daled 1849 now sT 1183 tr re-sited at pump. Cast iron towpath bridge dated Levels on lhe southern oulcrop and inclines to 1851 across overllow weir into Me ingrlffith feeder. theva leylloor at Gwaelody Garth associatedwith Bema ns of Forest lock and N,liddle lock. Card fi the Pentyrch ronworks and Meingriffth tnplate Bailway cutting and slone abutments and per oi works Bemar^s ol a possrbe horse g'n 01 (entrance raiway bridge over cana . mountainside. The 1872 Llan drft at ST 117834) was lasl lo operate in 1915. r, LIITLE GABTI{ INO ORE II'ES Al{D LIIIIESTOI{E OUABRIES TIi TAFFS WELL LOGK 12 sT 11882s r o0o AND LOGX HOUSE Shafts into Linle Garlh haematite mines adjacent sT 122839 * to dolomile quarries. ln 1840 an adit was driven TypicalGCC lock house and outbuildings o11826. fua(pC uollE6heN daeo er -i.'.\?..

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Was ol 70 levers. Rhondda to the Doctois canal at Glyntafi Wid- T2a PiOi{IYPRIDD VTADUCTS ened in 1913 with reinlorced concrele roadway sT 071900 * flM BNY TAIL COLLIEEY II{CLII{E The lrrsl TVR Bhondda crosstng of 1841 was s n- sT 093897 ro sT 08989:l * gle-lrack narrow-gauge on Brunel's 110tt skew Part of the tramroad ol 1857 irom Bryntail leve to sing e-span stone arch. Doubling took pacefrom the canal The steep line passes alongs de sev- 1857 but with Nvo-spans and a river pier. The sharp eral flagstone quafiies. ettwards curve nlo the Bhondda valley from the POIITYPRIDD Tatf valley route caused a number oi derarlments. TiII This 7-arch BAILWAY STATIO caused a second doube-track cross ng lo be built in 1861-2. Atthe north end acutting sT 072898 0 ol 1872 allowed direct trafiic between the two TVR. t\4assive and 1906-07 rebuild lor red'brick valleys This route is now filled in. g azed{ile island platiorm with bays. Healy steel and wrought-iron details. Was longest platlorm on T25 wlLLTA[ EDWAND'S formerWestern Begion o, British Railways.ln 1906 PO TYPFIDD BBTDGE up to 200 trains per day passed through here sT 074904 fl r:T2 ]'IGHTIIGALE BUSH NATURE A spectacularly graceiul span ol 140ft, spoilt by the 1857 road RESERVE AiID BROWTI LET{OX bridge aongside. When completed cHA[{ WORKS in 1756 this was the largest single arched bridge known Pontypridd museum, with much of indus ST t)8289a lo ST O 080900 tria interesl, is based inthe 1861 Tabernac chapel ol the GCC partly in water. Tunnel be- A section al lhe western end ol the bridge. nealh turnpike road from Pennant sandstone quarry to cana wharf. Entrance to lower basin ol T26 DOCTOB'S TRAMBOAD Brown Lenox chain and anchor works oi 1816 AITD LAN COLLIEBY where, as well as for other later famous liners and sT 0s2905 El warships, the chains for Brune's Great Eastern Stretch of lramroad passes 1860s evel entrance and the OE2 were manufactured. Chain Works to Lan co liery beneath the later BR embankment. Chapelof 1873 on the old turnplke road oppos te the works entrance. Ynysangharad double lock T27 BEEW BFIDGES staircase and ock tail bridge Bunch of Grapes sT 077912 fl canalsde pub. Litt e remains of the or ginal chain Three conlrasting bridges spanning the river Taif works, most of the site being occup ed by DIY from the road Three stone piers of the stores. 1813 wooden Berw aqueduct which supplied

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Blow' ing engine house and lour stone lurnaces - two of 1801 and two of 1836 (one with inscribed cast rron key stone'WC 1836'). Charging bank remains with stone arch to the furnaces- T39 HOOVEB FACTOBY IEBTHYB so 057042 * This large low 1946 building, designed by the same architects (Wallis, Gilbert & Partners) as Hoover's Perivde factory, still manages to sug- gest an Art Deco style. T.rO BLAEiICANAID FUBNACE so 037046 + Remains ol a small sixleenth cenlury furnace which could not have been more than 12tt high. Merthyls historian Charles Wilkins has never been : lorgiven lorsuggesting il was worked bypygmies. I 5r T'I GWMDU AIBSHAFT AiID FA'I i { q it so 03'!051 * ft-i Ventilation ian at the mouth of a small airway. i A coal mine stillwilh vestiges ol its buildings. T42 CW PIT so o44&a * McFarlane Fountain and Parish Church, Substantial sione remains of 1 845-1 926 Cfarthta- owned pit including base of chimney. Marks starl T.16 GYFARTHFA CASTLE o, 1766 Clarthla Canal to Cyfarthla fionworks. so 042074 El T4:I CHAPEL BOW Built 1823 ior William Crawshay ll. Houses mu- so 04s067 El seum and art gallery with many ariefacts illustrat- Partly excavated shod length of GCC alongside ing the industrial history of irerthyr and the social Clarthla Chapel and cottages, birthplace of mu- life of the Crawshays. The ornamenlal pond sup- sician Joseph Parry Be-erected artelacts - canal plemented thewater supplyto the Crawshay rron- boundary slones, tramplates, cast iron canal works at . bridges from SO 048053 and So 056070 and cast T'7 CYFANTHFA ?NAHiOAD O iron road bridge from so 050065. Culverted canal Steeply-dropping routeolmineral linefromWinch feeder lrom C,4arthla tailraces to below lock 1 is Fawr to Cylarthla lron Works. A good section ol exposed between canal and river al SO 046m6. the route at Heolgerrig so 031062. T.r4 JACKSON'S BnIDGE so 046m6 0 fi Stone river arch 1791 built by GCC to carry road from the new Brecon road but also shared wilh '("5.J Dowlais raikoad and tramroad to iron lock 1. companies wharves at I] T.r5 CYFAnTHFA lROl{wORrS ll SO O37O7O Pholoj See@ge 7 * lmpressive remains of six (of seven) substanlial stonefurnaces markthe site ofthe Crawshay em- f ,1.: l6 orre. The bases ol lhe tour later rron-clad lurnaces ' - and Cowoer stoves vrsrble rn front. lron was made on this siie from 1767 unt I linal closure in 1919. T46: Cyiarlhla Caslle slroMuorl srElMoo :291 L} -* ? rrP

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T5i! DOWL TS SEntEmErt T55: Th€ Guest Memorial LitEry lwE plan High The nineteenth century town and steep T56 DoWLAIS DFAINAGE Street still presents the atmosphere of an iron tc ,vn NE. E and SE ol the ironworks sile and the towll. * I built so close and around the ironworks them- (so selves. lt is easy to conjure up busy scenes oi The Brewhouse Level 07m76) at the back of furnace was, with Harris trains of iron rolling past Penydarren to the canal the one-lime bank Cae point at l/erthyr below. Pond, the lowest ol this network. Surround- ing this point are the remnant ponds, shafts and T54 DOWLAIS SIABLES leats which, together with many miles of under- so (m078 * ground channel in the mine workings, supplied Built in 1820 this block dominates lhe old town. water to the production shops in the greal Dowlais Allowed to fall down before finally being restored. Works. A fine relic of the system al Sarn Howell Housed the ironworks school in its upper floor. so 074061 on the road to Cwmbargoed. T!i5 GUEST I{ETIOBIAL LIBBABY T57 TNEVITI{ICK f EIORIAL so 069078 * soos2067 * Designed 1854 by Sir Charles Barry as a memo- Iemponily rcmoved at the time of writing.l rial to Sir Josiah John Guest but not completed Commemorates Penydarren locomotive, de- until 1863. signed by for Samuel Homfray and the world's first steam locomotive to run on H rails. The event took place on 21 February 1804 when the locomotive hauled a train to Navigation o on the MTB. T5A I OBLAIS LIIESTO E 1 I I OUARBIES SO 04Og lo SO 060S O Quarr es for the three l\.4erthyr ironworks-Plymouth (NVV), Penydarren (W and Dowlais (N and NE). I Tramroad and railway connections can be lol lowed The Plymouth quarry marks the northern T end of lhe MTB. q l T59 CEFN VIADUCT so fl t, 031077 t: 770tt long and l20tt high 1s-arch built 1866 for B&MR. Limestone with brick inverts, curved and inclined over Tafl Fawr. 160 PAiTT CEXETENY j so0600g] * Started as a cholera cemelery outside the town l8 limits. the 48.000 burials here tell the tale ol the

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A311VA EEI EBg OOX'S OUABRY GROSS IGYS plex includes t\,vo winding houses, fan house, (bent) sT 2r&120 El chimney and workshops. Behind the buildings can Subslantial pennant sandstone quarry and be seen the sleep incline ol l\rark Phillips' tramroad. tramroad complex. Provided much ofthe building EBI6 CNUMLTN YIADUCT stone lor Cross Keys village and local industries. sT 213985 * EBrOr XITY CxAPEt, POXTYWAUN l\,1asonry abutments of wrought and cast iron lat- sT 221s26 0 tice viaduct, carrying NAHR across the Ebbw Graveyard contains obelisk memorial to Cwmcarn Valley. Built byT W. Kennard, 1853-7, demolished dam victims, and gravestones ol vctims ol col- 1965. Height 204tt, length seven x 150ft spans liery explosions; Risca BlackVein 1860, Abercarn pius three subsidiary spans. Prince of Wales 1878, Risca North 1880. EAI T PEi'YFAN CAiIAL EAr r Lanr can]l aouEDuo FEEDEB POLD, CBUf,Ltl{ sT 219931 El so 195005 tr Built mid-1790s by Thomas Dadford junior, to carry Feeder pond for the MCC, supplying water into the Crumlin arm ol MCC. Paralleland immediately the head and basin ol the canal at Crumlin. alongside is the bridge carrying the Western Valley EBIA ABENBEEG SIGXAL BOX Boad over the Nanl Carn brook. Both were de- so 21m18 * stroyed lollowing the Cwmcam Dam disasler of GWR Flemish-bond brick ol 1892 with 65-lever 1875 and subsequently rebuilt. Theaqueduct now vertical{appet f rame/interlocking. Horizontal marks the northernmosl surviving limit of l\rCC. weatherboards. EBI2 POI{TYWAUl{ GAEDEI{ SUBUNB EBI9 TIABII{E COLLTERY sT 223s]3 * so 188042 0 Hillside exampie of 'Garden Suburb' style, built An 1893 Hathorn Davey horizontal tandem- 1910,20 for otficials oi the lron Steel & compound pumping engineis nowplinthed along- Coal Co. Some sixty semi-detached dwellings side the road outside the entrance to the lormer arranged around acentralcircle, with added colour colliery site. Cylinders ; 36-inch and 68-inch in through the varying materials; sandstone, render, diameter and a stroke of 120 inch. Above the slale and tile. cleared site of Marine Co liery s a squal circular EBr3CWfClnNOAtl, CC brick ventilation chimney and shatl (SO 187037), dating from the '1840s or 1850s and disused by sT 227908 El 1876. Cwm village to N a good example of 1890s Earlh dam approximalely 50ft high impounding colliery settlement waler lor canal. Breached 14 July 1875 and the ensuing flood took out the embanked canal and EB2O GAFDEI{ CITY, EBBW VALE WesternValeyBoad, destroyingaflannel mill and so 165085 * conage, with the loss ol 12 lives. Small hillside garden suburb development de- EBI4 ABEBCAB FURNACE s gned 1918 for Ebbw Vale Steel lron & Coal Co. ST 217949 I EB2r BtG ARCH ITEWTOWT{ BnrDGEl Recently identified mid-18th century charcoal iron- so 169099 El '18'13, blast lurnace, largely intact, alongside a Stone-built arch, daled carrying the Trevil stream. Two furnace arches are visible together Tramroad lli'neslone) lo Ihe lop of the i.on wth the charging house (now a garage). Upstream can be seen the dam and poollhat powered the bellows ,or draught. The furnace, which appears to have been operalional c1750-88, is the earliest lairly inlact surviving iron furnace in the and was descr bed and drawn by Angerstein (1756). EBI 5 IIAVIGATIOI{ COLLIEFY sT 213985 + Although closed in 1967, lhe buildings remain as I 34 the best preserved colliery complex rn south Wa es. Exhibition design built 1911 for Partridge Jones & Co, allof red brick with yellow brick pilaslers Com- E815: Crumlin Navigalion Colliery It/E 9e

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SI PE]ILLWYT TNATROAD BRIME SA HOLLYBUSH OOXE OVEIIS sr 21s916 tr so 165035 I High level (50fl clearance) stone bridge, single Early 1glh century beehive coke ovens alongside span. c1820. brick rernrorced c1870, carrying Sirhowy Tramroad. Penllwyn Tramroad over River Sirhowy to its con- 59 POI{T GWAITH YF HAENN nection with the MCC'S tramroad at Nine Mile so 164Mi * Point. ltranslal on 'The Br dge lron Works'] Vestigial re- s2 NrirE iflLE POtitT mainsof pre-1700 charcoal ronfurnace, lime kilns sT 215916 tr and foundry. l\y'easured when derelict n 1831; Former colliery site (1906). The name derives from 10fl across base. Appears to have ceased pro- the distance lrom the MCC'S bas n at Newport. duct on c1760. The extra mile over the statutory 8 mile limit be- SIO TBEDEGAR cause of the interruption ol lhe Park Mile Railway Created as a plantation on land owned by the at Bassaleg Morgan lamily of Tredegar House Newport, lrom s3 POI|T GAf lcBooxED anrDGEl, whence comes its name. This makes it a some- YNYSDDU whal dilferenl valley-head settlement. An ironworks sT 179942 * was sel up from 1799 and the TICC were very Early 1gth century single span stone bridge over successlul in movrng rnlo coal sales. owling a Srrhowy R. Carried Penllwyn Tramroad, Nine Mile large number of collieries. Point to Blackwood. The initial padnership involved the elder Richard 34 WYLLIE COLLIERY BATHS Fothergill and l\.4atthew Monkhouse of S rhowy sT 17694:' I Dating lrom 1926, the surviving remains ot the ast deep pitto be sunk n the GwentValleys Now I in ight industr aluse. 35 GELLIGROES MILL ST 177947 I A working corn mill with ils overshot waterwheel outside. A mill was built in cl625 but what of the present twostorey and single-storey building dates ,rom when is nol known. 56 OAXDALE --- sT 186984 * Housing built 1909-24 forcolliers at nearby Oakdale CollieM opened in 19'10 by TICC. Six hundred and sixty houses in curved terraces intersecting a straight spine road all on a hilltop plateau. Cen- tral lnstitute now removed to Welsh Folk Museum leaving a sad void. Holel and places of worship part of original lormal ayout. An element of Ed- wardral Ga.del Crty movemelt n Britain. 57 BEDWELLTY CHURCH so 166003 * St Sannan, 13th century, was a huge parish. As a result early ironmaking personalities lieburied here, I porch 'l8th 35 the pathway to the including century iron grave markers marked Merthyr Tydfilvillage. S10: Tred€gar Town Clock LE

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IPTILUoH FnuJes se sPr ac oulpBlt $l]o/'\,{,Moq.rs aql 10 S alrr! [ s alrs uos ^ -oqc rleql trlpil /quorl lP slroMuorl uarep^uad lo ueurol urerllril puE uosdLuoql LUE|llril pue lanu-res ]apla aql snE 'srlro/v\uo.rl ^e4uroH BBECX}IOCK & ABENOAYEI'XY CrsigFyr-Hdod: At Llanover, a 3ft to CAXAL TNAINO DI limestone quanies. No date. Steep ?/. mile loop- ing route from wharf at SO301097 to limekiln and 1. Northwards; All carrying coal, coke, lime then quarry at SO 273103. and general trade goods into the agricultural re- Hill's Tramroad: 5 mile long 2ft gauge plateway gion of the Borders. opened 1825. Extremely spectacular with two Hay Bailway: A 24 mile long 3ft6in plateway huge inclines and an equal numb€r ot irom Brecon Watton wharf to Eardisley in Her- Connection lrom BICC'S Garnddyrys Forge to erordshire where an end-on connection was Llanfoist wharl. SO285130 on canalto SO 258118 made with the Kington Railway. This latter ran to Bailey's Tramroad: A 51,4 mile plateway line Kington (1820) and Burlinjobb Limeworks, of 4ft4in gauge, from Govilon to Brynmawr and Radnorshire (1825). Largely closed 1860. on to Nantyglo. Opened in 1822 to carry coal Watton Platar/ay: A 1 mile long plateway lrom and iron and named after Crawshay Bailey its Brecon Watton wharf into the town. Opened owner cso 190110 at the lu.naces to so 270137, 181G18. Dale of disuse unknown. the wharf Glanglwynsy: 1y, mile edge-rail system, later Llammalch tramroad: Plateway, gauge not plateway. From Gilwern wharf to lorge on north known, ot 1795lrom several lime and coalworks bank ol to transporl pig. Mostly closed at Llammarch to provide for Clydach lron Works pre-1833 and totally by 1908. SO 244145 to (substantial remains at south). Extended 1803 to so 239162. Gilwe.n wharf on canal. Route lay on south of Llanvihangel Railwayr A 67, mile route of Clydach Gorge, the mineral workings being at sO 219121 with unloading iacilities at SO 244145. 3tt6in plateway opened in 1814. With a continu- ous route to Herelord through end-on junctions, Baaufort: 532 mile route to Gilwern lrom Beau- the Grosmont Railway (below) and Rail- fort through Brynmawr and opened 1 795 on edgq. way (also below) were particularly busysuppling rail. Later conversion to plate-rail and then back coal to that city. Abandonment was in 1846. to edge-rail. Owned by BAC. Ran on north side Govilon whad SO 269138 to north junction at of Clydach Gorge. Closed 1 860 above Brynmawr, remainder 1908 so 327207 . atter a liletime carrying pig and coal. Grosmont Railway: Opened 18'18-19 f rom Llanvihangel to Llangua as 3ft6in plateway. At Langattock: A 2 mrle lrrreslone-carry ng platewayopened post-1816 Monmoulh Cap, the site oi the end-on lunction by BAC. Connected with the Hereford Railway the tram road stables Daren Cllau quarries to Llangattock wharl surr'ive. The name of the location comes lrom Closed 1911. Wharl and kilns at so 207173 the necessary tavern atthe horse-changing point Bryn-Oer namroad: This 3fl6in gauge plateway and commemorates the County's long-time ma- was opened rn 1815 and ran tor l2 mies joil^ ng lor industry (l\,4onmouth School rn the historic Bhymney lronworks and Trevil quarries for the County town is a Haberdasher's loundation.) purpose ol coal, pitwood and lime transpon l1 so 327207 tO SO 264394 closed in 1865 and was a brainchild ol the re- 2. Southwards: Carrying rron products, coal, nowned Beniamin Hill. Works at SO 112074 to canal coke to the canai for loading and luel to the at so 1r4225. canalside llmekilns.

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UI CAEBLEON BBIDGE A subslantial manager's house is at the site sT 342903 * entrance. 1806-12 by David Edwards (of the Pontypridd U6 FOI T.Y.GOITRE bridge family). Three arches but not visually so 348089 * improved by subsequent widening. Newport Very stylish stone bridge of three spans, the cen- District Toll house at bridge in a Tudor style tralone ols8ft. l\,1ason John Upton ol Gloucester u2 1{EWBBrmE.Oll.USlG Pantygoitre house io S is 1776 and 1820s and TBEDUNNOCK reputed to have been a fishing-lodge for the sr 385948 * Crawshay and Bailey families. Three segmental arches of 1779 across the Usk UzLLANELLE BNIDGE and another etfort lrom the Edwards family. An so 306111 * extremely beautilul design enhanced by the use By John Upton of Gloucester in 1821 and of three ol Old Red Sandstone in its construction. segmental arches. U3 USK BRIDGE AND TOLLHOUSE UA ABEBGAYEX Y SIGi'ALAOX so 374007 * so 306133 * Five segmental arches, built in 1750 and widened GWR horizontal-boarded wooden box of 1934. in 1836Claimed to be a design of Wlliam Edwards 52 levers with tappet interlocking. U' PEIORESS TILL U9 ABEEGAYEI{NY STATIOI{ SO 367023 O (rarely) so 305136 * House and two-storey corn millgroupdating from By Charles Liddell for NA&HR in 1854. Attractive 16lh century with an external waterwheel opera- Italianate main block in sandstone, with original tional and infrequently used. Owned by County low-level platform entrance on rail side Council and is within Usk Agricultural College grounds. UIO ABEBGAYEI{]IY BRIME so 292139 0 GOYTBE WHARE BAC U5 Spanning the River Usk, the bridge carries the so 057315 tr A4143. Stone-built, il is a composite struclure of was 1809-12 This section of canal constructed three periods. The downstream arches and piers and the buildings at the wharf by William. Crossley belong to the 15th century bridge, whilst those The is are contemporary. canal embanked across upstream are part ol a lramroad bridge (1811) runsasubstantial alowdepressionthroughwhich carrying the Llanlihangel Railway lrom lhe canal limestone aqueduct Alongside this is a one-up, al Llanloisl. The roadway and parapel date from cottage which served as wharfmas- one-down 1868 when the two bridges were combined. tefs otfice. Running ott the canal to the nonh is a lmmedralely norlh ot the brdge are lhe survvrng loading dock below which is a stand of three abulmenls o'the railway bridge {1862) carryrng limekilns charged directly irom narrow boats.

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shol wheel. Has been a private house lor some Bridge, acast-iron structure of lancet tracery dated years but much ofthe millmachinery is preserved 1824, spanning the B ver Clydach. in the building. U2I A LEY'S TBAIEOAD BBIME UI8 DAII.Y.BOI{T WOOLLEiI ILL so 2s9133 * so 24614? * Afine round-arched stone bridgewilh high curved causeway on W approach. Buill 1821 lo carry 4tt2in route from Nant-y-Glo konworks to Govilon I lo private hour r. or ershot canal wharf. rger present altl )uol U22 LLAXGATTOCK OUABFIES can be seen Alongs de s a contemporary sto so 200160 tr river single arch bridge over Extensive limeslone quarries running for some 3 urgGILWEnEmBAKET,BAC miles along the north facing Llangattock escarp- so 243146 J ment at 1,100 to 1,300ft above sea level. Developed c1799 with the opening ol the BAC, i over me Hrver with a tramroad linkinq the two built in 1816, via a Clydach. Through the centre r l branch of th€ balance worked incline. Clydach Railroad, conneciin g lh() various iron. A further tramroad built in 1825 by Baileys tol- works lo the west. with the much earlier lowed the 1,300ft contour southwards to supply Glanorwvne Foroe on the ea nk of the Usk limestone to Nantyglo lronworks. Belowthe limeslone strata, at approximately 800ft, was a sandstone quarry supplying block, flag- stones and lintels. le n 1812. Pontymo U23 LLAIIGATTOGK WHARF U2O CLYDACH INONWONKS A D TBATiBOAD so 230132 o so 237177 0 Two square blast lurnaces construc ted 1 793 and A tramroad was bu lt c1816 by the Brecon Boat th, 1842. The Co from the Darren Ouarries (on the Llangattock escarpment) to Llanganock Wharf. This included a double balance-worked incline descending 800ft in halt a mile At the same time two slands oi limekilns (one nowdemolished) were built, with ter-balanced) enabling rron tr a wharl master's house. Coal for the kilns was ' 42 mills at a hlgher level. By brought up the canal ,rom Gilwern. ln 1828 Baileys ployed over 1,350 hands bu lsed producti ol Nantyglo lronworks constructed an iron wharf in 1877. Access to the sile i wav ol Smar alongside the exisling wharf, and a bascule bridge E'

e pu qaq popunodlur 'aprM sprel iq ouol (mzegz os) uMc-^-uaElg lp seM aoellr^ UOg OOq se[u] %z ro^Jasa.J e sasuduroc'6e6t ur pe]eldujoc uoo8', t ol6ursu 'yn aql uriQ4Er uoll3e4uorsaqpe 'aseqd slr 'Uod^ aN ol ralE^ ureul orll lseq0rq aql pelerado (olqrsr^ lt[s paqlcell) leurl iu.rocnrC laoueqrluell urorJ ip^ilrer aonpo fl ^ddns mt00r os ue ,srolce.Auoc aql 's^ay ssorc pue fuallEeqv UIOAU3S3U I.TOA A'IVL LZJI ol ureur ollur zz )iceqqclrMs e qtr^ la^ol eos 'palnlrlsqns sPM lauunl e leql oEelsun os seM a oqe ugzl'l u6Erl ,roNasar uea!\ ')n ut (l[nq punoJo oql lnq pesn ueaq a^eq plno/,\ ourInc ouoF) U01t le urPp lsatpl fuoflUoqv ol ]apM (d uodo ue sacuElsurnctc prll]ou ul 'uorlcnrlsuoc -dns ol gZ-l l6l uaoNoq llrnq.ro^]osor pue uJeO re^oc-puelnc lo sr pLre'ueqs uorlel4uo ouo rllr^ tr 80e00z os 6uol sprel 91t sr ll g99t8 aql aprsouole ')jsn-uo uro^Etstu umvl uc ocn Juoqilel lo qlnos a[u auo pa]enlrs sr lauunt oqf tl{l gIZeZr 'asn 0urteoq ernsralrol pedola epel tr OS Ila^rsueuo uaaq spq qcrtl/,^'urspq leurOuo eqt lo CYE.I!NT OUOJHSYgZN sureurar aull puec aql lo snu!Lurat uraquou aql tr z8z8ro os -uort porPaE lo ,poo6 pue tpor6, oql jo ourllel CYESUYH IIOCIUE 6ZN sqPls pue slsallc-qurol 6ulserelur IueLU suleluoc g66L ur paJolsor + I IZSI I OS -lcol yco[rvgirYTr q?rufuB r olaq lsn.re^ru aql^oASUaxl ouruueds ouv^HcunHc Ezn 'qloual ur sprel Og 'pnpanbe auols qcrp-Jnol aPlS Uea.4sU/,\oP aql uo tr 89Ze8O OS z! pue aprs uJPorlsdn eql uo seqcJe 0t uEluoc cva'rlrnotnov Hctlrlus azn ot paurpoLlr sP^ a6puq aq'ot-Bz8l ur llnq se/\^ 'uo]lrol lolpo ue 6ulpt^od u/v\ol oqt Jo ,ssBd^q rauur, aql uaq,l teql ur Pns -nun sr funluac ql8! elel sql urorl salep 'seleM (!600[ os) ptuqcan pue (0109tl os)AauLu^qu ol ll ur 'ornlcnlls paserd prP,!\qFos papueyo osp I (9zz9rr os) luoqlpl a6puq auols lsaouol oql aq1 8eg L lolaNns I sro6puq e lo procor lsel]eo aql le cvE ol (oerozt os)sa|]leno l^o.rt Llorl '(g L8 L) peoJuJe4 orour]E aql uer paq)lcP]l ul1!8 eql fl r8rgra os o oqgeplslllq aql uo neluPdrol le IuLUns sl rlro.rl f cotua 11r oHlcruc rzn Ialp^oql uMop ouruunr'U!!rg oqlp peqlceleql puec eql Iq peuDls sl .ro^loso.r eql lo oprs lsea oql ols uo lOlueq lsee eql uo aorol-urPr.tc pue prpl tEoc e ol $iro,r^ luaurlgorl E sr araql ujgp pue quee 'r! ! e6puq aprsouolellrnq s9 (poqsrpulap,\lou) ^ep ^ .?3i {

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lron has been worked in the Pontypoolarea since Boman times, but developed in the late 16th century with the acquisition by Richard Hanbury in 1578 of a small existing iron works, for the production of Osmund lron. The major advance in '1700 was construction of the world's first water-powered rolling mill, enabling the mass production of cheap, high quality and consistent sheet black plate iron. By the mid 18th century, with the development of tin plating, the ironworks became one of the most important in Europe. An oflshoot of production of rolled iron was a lacquering process (which became redundant on the introduction ol tin-plating) from which came a japanning process, introduced by the Allgood family. Pontypool Japanware (emulating in metal fine Japanese lacquer work) was produced as a cottage industry trom 1730 to 1820. The Hanbury ironworks survived in the control of the family until 1860 when, overtaken by larger more modern plants, it was absorbed into the Ebbw Vale lron & Coal Co. ln the 1gth and through to the mid-20th centuries there was extensive steel, iron and tinplate production in and around the town, together with many collieries, all now gone.

ALI PIO]{THIR AL3 BR]rlSH YLON SPII{]{EBS sr 334920 * so 307025 * Stone bridge over Tinplate Works leat Now a produclion plant for Dupont, built in 1947 and Caerleon Tramroad. On Pontypool turnpike. for British Nylon Spinners tor production ol nylon AL2 GWIBRAI{ yam, and research anddevelopment in man'made ln 1949 approximately 3,000 acres was desig- libres. Ma n feature is the massive steel, brickand nated as Wales' only new town under the New glass'spinning tower'. Taken over by lcl in 1962, Towns Act of 1946, set around an existing 19th the research facility was transferred elsewhere, and early 20th century settlement based on coal, and the extensive buildings sold olf foravariety ol iron, tinplate and brick production with an existing uses, leaving the production unit as it is today. population ol 12,000. Construction commenced AL' LFTLE ILLJU G, SIGIIAL BOX in the 1960s and impetus for early development so 315023 * was to provide housing lor the 15,000 workers at MoK&H (GWR) ol 1887 17 levers with vertical the new steelworks at Llanwern [MC4], near tappet interlocking. Newport. The majority ol those jobs have now ALs HAFODYBYI{YS gone, but the town remains a centre for a wide sl-lfElHrcxExEn range of light industries, particularly electronic and sT 243990 * automotive, and is still home to Avesta Steels, Aconcretedrum seton shortlegs and roofed wth a producers specialist electrical steel on the site of domed concrete cap. Remnant ol the washery ol the lormer Panteg lronworks (sT 298981). Hafodyryrrys Colliery - an expensive scheme ol 1 954- 58 involving two new drfts and underground links to other pits allot/ving outputs lo be concentrated at l.r- fewer places with modern plant. Closed 1966. AL6 LLANDEGFEDD RESEBVOIF La &DA >.-, sT a309s5 * r---- Constructed with earth dam masonry inner iace, ,i completed c1960lor Carditf City water supply and, in particular, Spencer Steelworks, Llanwern !\,1C41. *t AL7 GLYiI PITS sT 266998 * .,, I.--,r. At prcsent scaflolded and struned - do nol enter 44 -[.

Ats: Halodyrynys. slime thickener Acolliery sunk by CapelHanbury Leigh to provide etroLuAuod :g.tv lo urleac seu.lorll Iq srellrd uor lsec paleJ -ocap leareur^ '008|, 'ralPl ql/v\) sale6 uor-lq6nor/ 9n funluec qlgl IUpo a]e s0o06z oS lV urnasnll ..4d'{ I uoepol sosnoq ,Mou 'p]e^!noc polqqoc e punore 108! ltrnq 'Icotq etqels eq1 ZlgL ol dn sreol eql ]e^o po[pou] lnq 6B9L LUo4 6uueo p r ou funqupH eql looqcs ^luanbasqnsNluel lo leas * 01006z OS -'-rE vuvd'toodllllod 6"tY a"- r 'lPuec aql qleauoq Slauunl peolu.lell o/,\ pue p,{,un UolV aql Ja^o lcnponbe leluelsqns e sr (quou aql ol) sluouuedP olur paua uo3 ou IqreaN ppluoMauluod ol oleq uro.rl lss \-quou ^ 'g96 L suorprado p€seec alrs budols uo uer (OS8lc posolc) CCr\ aql lo ur]e uV polealloc 01gt llnq'$iro/ ourluud lrnq-ouols trero1s-ear3^ldaols ere^ sllol elaqM lcoliols e oprsouolp srlr zLSLc r 90o8sz os paleO suorlcarp l]loq urMa^reap e aAO ol )uoLU loodi{lod'peou auroqso -)iuequJo ue e^oqe psuoflsod sr o6P].1o3 peluorl cxlo.tlnE s€tud Lultu9 rlrv -/,^oq slLll '(peleuJeoleure roPD cvg oql pue cc!\ -ourpu eql Uaa/v'qaq Uorlcauuog uo-pua aql p€lenls fupunol eql 6urfuiec ,{1rutcr,r aql le e00r6z OS ur slsodalPo arp aralll puaolqe6 ursMopur/v\uorl tr -Elqua qM^ ouols pre^ uado illsvg fllo r.rXod rBlncrc llnq luo4 le .tvtfvc gitv qlr/u\ 6urplrnq tupunol tunluac ql6!-prur lecrdll 'rgvlloc r.tor * z0o6sz os z26z9z 1s le spuod ueJS -uaBE luornoJ lrflolrllttod o ]rv urorl rapool ,ole^\ ouol elrL! ! oslv o oqe spuod pue sFuueqc-.role/u alqeace4 qI^ 'l|rlcrnqc uqof'elno lsrll aql ol]olncexe '6urqsnq lse^ e (uado) ,869€z 13 aceu^lrsPs .ioddn lV se oulce .rol srlupql lo uo)jol p sp 'q6no]oquefl 'elrs lo ssoqcno lsrl aql ,q 'sl.ro,Muorl pod^uod lo lo reor le .ro^rasel p puael8 ,lale/v\-.relro8 o.r!,M 'uleluor Luslu '/0nqueH uqofol Uro aJeM sale6 eq1'(uo sodo] op s€ -eq3aLu ewrq aql auros pue se^eaqs ourpurM :rtt eur6ue ueeq srd u^|o :r"tv lo eq-L My1HVCH Iq 9g-698t patpp 'ernlceFupur u/v\oulUn lo aUl6Ue leclue^ (apueq-puocos) P sulepoc arnlcn.rls a6nq srql asnoq-aur6ua relel eql sr Uup up] pue spor-dLlnd 'qoq-l qu,^ 'sueLls peurl-fuuoseur o/N aql lo eprs (f) alrsoddo oql L uO spo]-dund pup so^eoqs 'ouupeo 'Upqsluerc 'laaq/v\I[ - suEu]or 0urpurM pup ourdurnd leuels a -qns s)i.ro/vluort qpoN eqllo suorsap 6ureq qloq'our6ua urEaq^aqqv oql 6ultroddns rjromuorr acruel lprootur ue sEq 'olep gtgl ue 6u6l]Pc'rapp orj 'seurOue.rreql 6ururEluoc qloq'sssnoq eurOue euU J ( o/v\l $l]olv\ oleldu[ pue uo.rl lood&uod slq ]ol I ltigc sld uitg:l-lv f .l ii i) 11 a a / I I ,] I t I V Es T ALI 2 CWTI FFBWD.OER VIADUCT house ol 1845, and its chimney base, from the so 26m18 El British lronworks Colliery. The site is approached iitR&CC lour-arched viaduct on a very sharp curve lhrough'Big Arch', an impressive so-yard, 48tt and climbing at 1 in 48. Opened 1879 to Talywain wide tunnel beneath the MR&CC embankment

(Abersychan) . ol 1879. One mib norlh west of the ironworks site ALI 3 GWTIBYRGWU OOLLIERY is a substantial earth and slone laced dam con- taining a reseNoir lor the works. so 2s0034 EI Presumed sunk in the 1840s by Brilish kon Co. for al-r 5 t-t3GABlt wooDs ironstone and coal. A brick-lined oval shatt with a so 275040 EI timber dividing beam at ils head. This was a water Wooded hillside approximately 1/rmiles by % mile, baiance pit and the surlace gear was dismantled containing limestone quarries and an extensive for restoration. work was never completed and network of early to mid-1gth century tramroads. some of the remains le scattered about the site. ALI 6 GARIIDIFFAETH VIADUCT A disgraceful attitude towards a once important so 262s3 tr South Wales technique. l\,4asonry ol nine arches with brick trimmings and Nearby is Red Ash Colliery Engine House (so both curved and inclined. Built by LNWR on 281034) a tall and slim brick building of around Abersychan-Brynmawr line, opened 1877. 1900. To S head-lrame feet with horizontal en- ALIT VARTEG HILL li'CLIl{E gine bed and probable powder slore. so 267060 * al.r4 BnmsH lBo!.woBxs Barlway (as opposed totramroad) rnchne approxr- so 259005 0 mately one mile in length, used lo lower 10-ton The British konworks (1827-83) was built to the coallrucks lrom Varteg Hill Colliery to MR&CC at design ol Decimus Burton. There were four lur- Cwmavon. ln use c1850 to cl880. naces, of which only the bases survive, with coke and calcrn,ng ovens The offrce block survNes, now roofless, as does the beam engine pump

AL2' BLAE]IAVOII TOUTI Blaenavon lronworks, founded in 1789, is no\,v regarded as the b€st preserved iroflworks of its type in the world. The whole surrounding landscape once controlled by the iron company is now a World Heritage Site. The town of Blaenavon began as a cluster of houses and other buildings built by the iron company near the works and alongside their tramroad do\,vn the vall6y. Only later did a town centre grow up, sited on a lew parcels ol land which the company did not control. Featur6s typical of ironmaking totms at the heads of the can be seen - terraced houses, shops and pubs, churches and chapels. Dov,nhilllrom the lronworks, the Blaenavon Railroad, opened jn about 1795, is marked by the cuNing main road. On its left a high wall encloses Ty Mawr, a mansion buih for a partner in the ironworks around 1799. Beyond this on the right are the little gothic works school opened in 1815 (the oldest suMving in Wales), the church built by the ironmasters in 1804, and the vast Workmen's Hall of 1895. Broad Skeet, rising up the hill, was in '1840 still an 'intended street', with a brook alongside, but by the 1860s it had become the thriving, gas-lit hub ol the evolving tor /n, with pubs, chapels and some eighty shops selling all the goods that the community needed. AANO}' BBUTEs BBIME FomltlDt +& so 248088 fJ Still invoh/od wih rn€tals in thai Daniel Doncaster's Tramroad bridge. Cast-iron beams supporting a use the works site to manulaclure aircraft erEine wought platform for d€cking and connectirE epony- components, mainly using titanium. Sorn€ BICC mous ironstone level ol c't 800 to original works. forge buildings remain. Early 20th century r€d- COITY HOUSE brick ganerating statlon at SO 24im87 (*). Ihree Forgeside (c,, five; A to E Tenac€s) survMng brick ro,r,s, some 243087 r no,v render€d, dus 'Coity' Tenace' thought to be so the frst housirE here. BICC manager's house ol 1860. ln use as otfices 46 up to 1990 by Daniel Doncaster Co. Known as Forgeside School SO 245ffi has more recently lhe 'White House'. be€n an inn. L9 li)ts s s ll]Lrrrs slr IdoH qeres Iq papun] pue rol IrlI]lOdLu ISOL! r aLll lE Slro^\qlre6 pes s I rnq o.]Llrs slroMuor qs eM pas uoocaj tso El 'so:l lsutru.rdo {rnlua! qloz olu, an6as sas.rnol t pPou rtcrnqc -rate.,,, Lralc,tr.rss!r pue 6u qsnq trrnluac q17; 1(,0Hcs s,utrltd ls Lr,^lraLldn ftu u LU aAssaaans lo sarnlua3lnol s6u ur pur slsaqa qurol uol lsec ep slno sara ^JElLroos i_rat Lrel ol s X€ uE [ro4 t0r t{ja OS .16!trz OS S e0 6u l.roddns suun oc pue luoruorr-lseJ suDidoH fdYcso \n onLrrES puLr i H seLr.]oq't Iq ro] p ed pue EOBI }rn8 sLuoo,l uo lEa.l E * lB0 tsz OS -!or pue oupPor qt^\ u^\op peeas Mou aprsu HCUnHC S,U3l3d rS sPM arteoL leas 009 alqEl LUopuL pue t6 e68L t s,$oqs at&s oql OC|B Iq llnq 198I ls q6tH * el^ peou qcrnqJ flnllls]{t ot{v IIYH i tllyuorn ollvls^ Scnod LUoIoq I d br€ ol lcauuoo ela^os 00gL lo le^ol ouroq I rLUEJ tr!laql se,MSrql loelts rlled 6ut^l abroj pue 0l'0081 aaol 13 au 6u3 ' o^al qcrv Uo r 060 r9Z OS Ja^ U 0rB I ord oqt orE sreqlo uMotaqlrepun slou -unl 0Lr)llEM []nc o6eure.rp paurl'auo]s auu oql SSnOH vUYd lo aldl!exa ue ol acue.rlua alqrssecce pue polec attsoddo 680812 q3rnqo aql 6!quorlLroc u pue Illernlcolrqore qtoq * OS .p.n-\ tt^!l 00(,a o6p oq, .o d -dptLo) P.r

tM1 uoAELlr^ C ',t oU e6iol : IZ:]V -puels qdq B ol paroFou eplMMopur^ pue roop e Auo qcee saoeUoc lpurs fuo^ o^lo/q ]o ocellel e e6rol oql tp sra)l.lo roJ gO-rOBtc llrn8 ^ * ^qrPeu 19O0lZ OS NOAVlIflC ' OU iCUOJ rZ.tV looJ Peddrq e rapun s,{e]o}S oMl 'asnoq ote outl e'O08lc a6rol6aUeA Jo rols€u]e6]ol^cue6au eqlJol l[ng ! 190022 os uoue^reserd lo aleF poo6 e ur sr srql ouDiJoM tsnoH iroivrl c oTtY pacupPq rol urnrp 6ur)jelq (Jalaurerp UB xordde) ouec'6op 'furenb e6.lPl e sr aql aplsu! peaq eurlcur eql olrno^eJ stl loqs IllPluaprccP (lcnpPr^ uILUn.]c lV (alrs Id 618 oullslxo aql qonorql ssal.ro aroul lo replrnq) prPuuay M 1uoLl,l uorsecco aql pEo.rurerl paurlcur 6uruun, ue ui op uolel se/{ buuproLuoluuloc llrH 6aue^ uo ra)jJeL! uoJr-lseC uo^Puael8 uMol or.ll]ol auols 6urplrnq aql auols Jo D 9!0S92 OS ]o qcnur papl^ord 'so'8t oql Luo4 6ulep Lrpno rlors 900 61tY e80E€Z tr OS rale^ aql AUUYnO 3TOTSONVS lltoa' eav ooelue^pe elel ot p^.Mn uolv aql op souote 'orluoc 1o ^ddns polPcol lcuq por r-llrM passa.rp uoucnrlsuoc ouols r-l iUe p ouru L! cuols slrll ul eop axpaq ncrued -pues lueuuod s]eo^ luecet ur ilpuJatxa pe]olsal ')jueq uoLll]Pa uE Iq Moloq uaol aql L!o4 uopprq ,{llpcrleqlpdLr.r^s uaeq spq secruo pue asnoq 'poqs urapour o6nq e urqllM lp 'ourur 6urr1.roi v s,.ro6euBLU 0urpnlcur xeldLloc aloqM otlt'fuol fidc r 280982 os -cel scuseld e uo^euaelE lo sa)jellseM rltuo z 01{ lu3't.ltlNStna zzrY rol 006L ur llrnq^luaxnc arq .ra^ ol v sMopuu pue sroop po.rnoloc-qpeo qop ^ra^ ^arols-g630012 OS pue slleM alq^ qlm 'sosnoq xrs se '1-9861 ur pJe Au!fflua No^vn c a].lv lwo levels emerged into the N bank, one being recogn sable left ol the water-balance tower. The range of furnaces have lost theirdressed stone cladd ng, ost to St.James s church n 1914. As it happens, this has revealed their construct on superbly. Calcining iurnaces above and the monu mental balance-lower relate to the hinterland min ng and tramroad netlvork A cast-house (No 2), foundry buidings and an early blast house lie intimately with the 1789-92 dwe lings of Stack Square. The pay otf ce, truck shop storerooms FTI and ron blast-ma n suppods add to the scene. AL26 BIG PIT AL23: Coity Sandslone Ouarry cRw so 257088 tr AL25 BLAEiIAVON INOI{WORKS Present shaft sunk '1860 in an area oi early 19th so 250093 0 CADW century ironstone and coa min ng 1o supply the First produced ron in 17Bg on land eased from then new Forgeside works. Wh lst the buildings Lord Abergavenny. With three b astfurnaces there are architecturally unpretenlious they are excep- Lo,ldl 1 be ^g corrprFhF'lsrve were threeWest l\,4id ands'partners - Thomas Hil , lhe mosl Thomas Hopkins and Beniamin Pratt. From 1796 overground dnd -.derground layo-t suav ng in p (1921) the B aenavon kamroad/l',4cc route came into Wales; t bank, steel headframe and tram being, later joined by Hill's tramroad of 1817-22 c rcuit, electric w nding engine (1952), fan house northwards to Pwlldu and the BAC at Llanfoist. (1910), workshops, ofiices and more The 1939 This later, cheaper route led to the lorges' re oca baths and canteen, buit in the nlernational tion irom Cwmavon to Garnddyrys. ln 1836 the l\,4odernist style, is one of the best examples any- production BICC was formed and Forgeside was created by where. Coal ceased in 1980 and the site s now the Welsh M ning l\,4useum and open that Company n 1839 as a new site. Famous for to the public with underground access. 'ai prooucriol and witl^ rhe N.4q&CC a"vrng i,r 1854 the works was lited under T W Kennard AL27 GUTIPOWDER STORE cha rna^ b-t'aied n l8/8. Thal was t*e year in so 246096 * wh ch Percy and Sidney GilchrislThomas over Of 1850s, rubble wth brick chamber lnside. Has came the phosphorous problem bedevilling the barrelled b ast rooi Bessemer conversion process. Lmestone and AL28 HILL PITS coa were comprehensvely developed by the so 239103 f] coflpany th'oLgl-oul Ihe ared a1d [oLowng a Sunk 1835 by BICC for ronstone and coal Also I esh l 'e lhrougr lhe sleel era iq-idal o' cane rn produced sale coal. Horse tramroad, with b ocks, 1957. eads to nciine top at SO 243099. Here are the Now rema ning s a c assrc S wales h lls de works, remains of a horizonta ronband-brake nastone- wth charging platform on a terrace above the ined pit be ow the crimp adjacent to ioundations casting floor alowing easy rout ng of tramroads of stables At So240102lie the remains of aiormer and water courses to the top of furnaces. Here co lier/farmer s house Ty Abraham Harry. I t, I _t cr. It r r-,-

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WYE I{AVIGATIOI{ For someten mile upstream kom Chepstowthe river is tidaland it flows through a spectacular gorge as larasTintern. Only above Tinlern are the banks lruly accessible, even then being steep. Navigation was possible as far as Hay-on-Wye and for a longer period to Hereford. lt should be remembered that this was at a time of higher rainlailthan nowadays and that the huge extraction of water by the Corporation Elan and Claenven schemes now much reduce the wye llow. ln order to lessen dependence on Continental manufactures, the Government in 1565-66 surveyed possible water-powered sites for w re production. The Angiddy tributary at Tintern was selected and started with brasswire, soon replaced by Osmond iron obtained from Monkswood. Usk. The Company of lhe Mineral and Battery Works of 1568 (a Government institution) worked here until 1631. Eight separate sites worked lor three centuries with inevitable ups and downs and changes ol product. As a final act the new WVR ol 1875 built a railway bridge across the Vlye to Lower Wireworks. Despite this and a conversion to tinplate working in c1880 the Angiddy valley was peaceful by 1900.

WI CHEFSTOW soldiers. HardwickVillage is laterworkers' housing. Since Normantimes a maritime and estuarialcen- National shipyard No 2 was opposite on the tre. lts l\,1archer privileges and border position led Gloucestershirebankof theWyeatBeachley, now lo huge trades, both legal and illegal. River front- an Army Training School. age still has some warehousing and slips with W2 CHEPSTOW OLD BBIDGE 'back-up' interesting industries lurther into town. sT 53694U o of E. Finch stillstand. the products of thal Otfices Elegant live-arch cast-iron bridge oI 1816. [.4ade be found over a wide loundry are to areai at Bridgnorth Foundry by J. Hazledine and de- to bridgesand much else. Their legacy headtrames signed by John Raskick. Strengthened 1889. survives in the Fairfield-l\,1abey works at sT538936. W3 Local 20th century crossings of Wye and Severn CHEPSTOI RAIL BBIDGE carry their name. sT 539941 0 Brunel's SWR 1852 iubular suspension bridgewas Less successlul was the National Shipyard No 1 replaced with a welded tnrss in 1962. Originalcon, sta(ed in 1915 by Lord lnchcape and Partners. cretejilled casliron piers and masonry works sur- The yard worked from 1918-25. Steelclad ship- vive. A section ol tube is to be found displayed at buildrng sheds and erghl concrete skps suNive the entrance to Fairfield-Mabey Engineering's yard. Bulwark housing estate was built for the antici- pated 8,000 people expected, including 6,000 b6/owi W2&W3: The river and bridges al Chepslow CRW

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at least 1669, wilh John Hanbury ol Pontypool in wr r BFocxwElR frLL partnership from 1699. Later leased and run by so 540011 * fuel David Tanner. The used was charcoal, cast- Mill now adapted for olher uses but can be seen, iron lanerly being senl to Stour valley forges. At as can the much-damaged dam and pond the end of the 1700s the bellows were replaced WI2 BNOCXWEIB BBTDGE by rron blowing cylinders - a world first. so s38012 * Counly Councrl excavated the area in Threelattice-grrderspanswithcylindrical ironsup- 1979-81 and interpretative panels have been port columns by E. Finch of Chepstow 1906. Re- erected. placed ferry at this Wyeside port and ship-building W9 UPPEN WIBEWONKS village. so 509003 * WT3 TRELLECI{ GNANGE ITIILL Also known as New Tongs Mill, an easily-traced so 496016 * leat from the upper reach of the Angiddy Fawr A corn m ll and millels house survive adjacent to crossed lhe Angiddy Fechan on a now tumble- the dam and wheelpit. down bul interesting aqueduct. Wall remains show the building layoutand thewheelpit is obvious. An WI' TRELLECH FURiIACE overgrown annealing lurnace can be found at the so 493037 * Seemlngly pre-CivilWar substant al remains of fur- wt o Poi.I.Y.SaEsol' FoBGE nace with pond, leat, waterwheel pit and tailrace. * Trellech town was a Norman plantation, untila fire so 508003 in 1296 the largesl town in the county. Remolely Water-channels and walls exist below the dam positioned even today and recent excavations and now dry pond. A once-extensive works. have revealed that the settlement rs surrounded by thousands of tons of bloomery cinder. Smelt- ing sites lie close to the present main street. WIs GOED ITHEL BLAST FUFI{ACE so s28026 * Producing in 1650 and spending oniy some ten years in blast lsasquare rubb e-masonry structure some 24't high with two sides slanding Blowng- house and wheelpit discernible close to the 4466 Wye Valley road at Llandogo.

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Gatetower with porlcullis in 1961, leaving water courses. 1297 -1315. w29 nEOBROOX VTADUCT W35 UONMOUTH FORGE so s36098 * so 503137 * A curved five-span laitice-girder bridge oftheWVR Late 18th ceniury workers'housing at site ol 1628 and daling from 1876. Now a footpath across the forge, below weir on l\,4onnow and adjacent to 1899 water-turbine generating station. W3O TRAiIBOAD INCLI}TE W36 CASTLE IIILL so s37103 * so s08135 * A line stone arch crosses the road on a self-act- Two-storey, no machinery but has mile long water ing incl ne connect ng the Tramroad channe below the castle. to lower Redbrook. The incline is 18tt wide for W37 OUEEN'S IILL double track and with a weigh-house at the top. so 50813s * The tramroad opened in 1812 at c3ft6in gauge The town corn mill sile ol 1448. The present lour- running from Monmouth lown to the heart of the storey house, of rubble with ashlar dressings, dates Forest of Dean. from lhe early 19lh century and slil. l.as a wetr t.r W3I UPPEN FLOUR IIILL the Monnow. Afler 1895 two undershol wheels so s42108 * drove lour pairs ol millstones and rollers. Walls remain with the leeder reservoir at Swan W3A SKENFBITH CORI{ ILL Pool c1,350t1 up valley being very attraclive. so 457203 * ws2 Molr OuTH VTADUGT Three-slorey with loading doors and external so 514120 * breaslshot waterwheel A stone plaque inctudes Disused approach arches of 1861 Wye railway lhe date 1867. Adjacent bridge 1824 o\e( crossing 20 on W bank plus 2 on E bank Girders Monnow leads to a coaching inn. removed. W39 ALLT YF YiIYS OR TBEWYII UILL W33 ]UIONiIOUTH WYE BRIDGE so 335234 * so 512128 * A corn millthought to have started up as afu ling- Fve-arched masonry structure. The 1878-80 wid- mill. The extanl building at the Honddu/N,4onnow ening stillallows the 1615 sharper-pointed arches coniluence has no machinery but was standing to be seen by 1754. A /, mile-long watercourse oll the Honddu drove a presumed undershot walenvheel

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itc5 BtsHToN cnosstNG 1993 and now used for military training. 1,600 GROUND FNA E acres and up to 400 buildings but secrecy pre- vails little is sT 396872 * and deiaii known. Has its own rail A late GWR design oi 1935, this example controls system, connected to the main line. level-cross ng and was installed in 1941. mclt suDEnoor iIO6 LLAI{YACHES TUN PIKE Al'D THE SEVERT TUt{ EL COTTAGE sT506a7s * sT 428913 * Sudbrook was built as a modelvillage in 1873-86 On od Newpo( - Chepstow route in Gothick style by Thomas Walker, contractor for the Severn of 1820s. Was last Chepstow Districl gate wesl. Tunnel, for hisworkmen, and lor later railway statf. wards the Newport dlstrict used a style to be There are nine brick, 2-storey terraces of houses, plus seen at Caedeon. a terrace of ten houses constructed 1882-4 ot concrete blocks. 1rc7 wEnTwooD BEsEBvolR Surviving communal build- ings are lhe school, post otfice and inlirmary The sT 430929 * site is dominated by the tunnel pump house, which 1896 Completed by Newport Corporation 1903 contained six Cornish beam engines to pump 20 geo after ogicald fliculties cripp ed Glasgowcon- millions gallons of water a day irom the Great tractors. lnterest ng lot a 21/, mie tunne from Spring. Also to be seen arethe fan house and two Local y-quarried Castroggy Brookto N stonewith other pump houses once containing a single Bull aerial ropeway irom E for clay. engine and a beam engine. Steam power was mG8 CAEBWE T U rTrOt{S withdrawn in 1964 and the engines dismantled. FASTORIES lmmediately east of the village are remains ol ship- ST480910(apprcx) I building slipways (late 19th - early 20th century), S te chosen as a Royal Nava propellants factory whilst one mile east is the railwaycutting and jety 1940/1 due 1o the availability ol water lrom the base ol Ferry, which preceded the [MCg] and transterred to US ad- tunnel. '1967 ministration in lor weapons storage. Closed b6ow: MCl0: The Second Severn Crossing

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