Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Caerphilly Iron Furnace
Penyrheol, Trecenydd and Energlyn, Caerphilly, Wales
A scheduled monument in Penyrheol, Trecenydd and Energlyn, Caerphilly, recorded as Ironworks (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ironworks
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 13 February 1997
- Community
- Penyrheol, Trecenydd and Energlyn
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.58147, -3.23943
- SAM number
- GM503
- Cadw record number
- 3495
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- [Kaart] (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of an ironworks dating to the industrial period. Several buildings, including a blast furnace, coke oven and leat, and an open excavated area related to the production of iron survive. The furnace was established in 1680 and operated in conjunction with forges at Machen and Tredegar Park owned by the Morgan family. The furnace appears to have been rebuilt in 1787 by Harford, Partridge and Co, and to have continued in use until the 1820s. The new furnace appears to have been built in front of the older furnace, which was buried within its charging ramp.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance and illustrate our knowledge and understanding of the development of the iron industry. An ironworks may be part of a larger industrial complex 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
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- Farm Range with Bee-boles at Beddau FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- St Ilan Comprehensive SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
- Caerphilly CastleCastleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.