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Horeb Brickworks is a post-medieval and modern industrial kiln site located in Wales. The works exploited the readily available clay resources found within the South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, a geological sequence formed during the Westphalian period that comprises mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete. These thick clay deposits made the location ideal for brick manufacture, an industry that developed substantially across South Wales during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to supply materials for construction and industrial buildings throughout the region.
The brickworks represents the industrial landscape characteristic of post-medieval and modern Wales, when coal and mineral extraction shaped settlement and economy. The site's geology—particularly the abundant mudstone and siltstone layers beneath—provided the essential raw material for brick production. Such works were common across the South Wales coalfield, where clay deposits and access to fuel made brick manufacturing economically viable.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference CM281, recognising its significance as evidence of Wales's industrial heritage. The brickworks survives as a tangible record of the industrial processes and resource exploitation that defined the region's development from the nineteenth century onwards.
Horeb Brickworks is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM281. View the official record →
Horeb Brickworks is a post-medieval and modern industrial kiln site located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM281.
Horeb Brickworks dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a kiln. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Horeb Brickworks 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 CM281.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Castle motte (4.8 km), Capel Isaf Cemetery (4.9 km), Y Gaer Defended Enclosure (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Horeb Brickworks's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Horeb Brickworks stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.