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Blaenafon Ironworks is a substantial ironworks located in Blaenafon, Monmouthshire, Wales, established in 1789 and representing a significant phase of industrial development during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The site comprises the original blast furnaces, foundry, casting house, and associated workers' settlements, demonstrating the integrated nature of iron production in this period. The ironworks operated as one of the major producers in South Wales during the height of the Industrial Revolution, contributing substantially to the region's economic prominence in iron manufacture. The structures and layout of the site preserve evidence of early industrial ironworking practices and the broader landscape of industrial settlement that characterised the Welsh coalfield during the post-medieval and modern periods.
Blaenafon Ironworks is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM200. View the official record →
Blaenafon Ironworks is a substantial ironworks located in Blaenafon, Monmouthshire, Wales, established in 1789 and representing a significant phase of industrial development during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM200.
Blaenafon Ironworks dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a ironworks. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Blaenafon Ironworks is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MM200.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge (0.5 km), Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline (1.9 km), Capel Newydd, Blaenavon (site of) (2.6 km).
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