Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Slag wall at W end of Glanyravon
Ystalyfera, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Glanyravon, Ystalyfera, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 4 November 1993.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 4 November 1993
- Locality
- Glanyravon
- Community
- Ystalyfera
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.75972, -3.78779
- Cadw reference
- 11212
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at the W end and the N side of Glanyravon some 75m N of the Afon Tawe and just E of the roundabout on the A4067
History
Slag wall possibly C19. The blast furnaces of the Ystalfera Ironworks were just to the NW. Built in 1838 the anthracite ironworks closed in 1885. Tinplate production continued until after the Second World War.
Exterior
Wall of coarsed slag blocks with copings of larger irregular blocks. Wall is some 1.7m high and approximately 30m long.
Reason for designation
Included as rare example of a slag wall, an historically important relic of the Ystafera Ironworks.
Nearby in the register
- Wern Independent ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- No 40 Graig RoadDomesticunder 1 mi
- Canal Aqueduct over Afon Twrch, including weir (partly in Ystradgynlais community)Water Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
- No 41 Graig RoadCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.