Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gadlys Ironworks (Remains of Blast Furnace)
Aberdare West, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ironworks
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 30 August 1989
- Community
- Aberdare West
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.71670, -3.44866
- SAM number
- GM438
- Cadw record number
- 2912
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamBayerische Staatsbibliothek, MunichUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1588 "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a blast furnace of the Gadlys Ironworks. Built by Wayne and Company in 1827-8, one furnace was in blast. Two further furnaces were added in 1855-56. The furnaces were blown out in 1875 in the great iron industry depression of the early 1870s. The neighbouring blast engine house and cast house are Listed Buildings.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance and illustrate our knowledge and understanding of the development of the iron industry in Wales. It retains significant archaeological potential, with the strong possibility of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A blast furnace may be part of a larger cluster of industrial monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Cynon Valley main Store Building (formerly the Casting House at Gadly's IronworksIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Former Calcining Furnaces at Gadly's IronworksIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Stone Revetments at Former Gadly's IronworksIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Blast Engine House at former Gadly's IronworksIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.