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Kidwelly Old Tinplate Works and Dam is a post-medieval and modern industrial site located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, representing the tinplate manufacturing industry that developed significantly in South Wales during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The works comprise the physical remains of tinplate production facilities together with an associated dam structure that would have provided water power or processing water essential to the industrial operations. The site dates from the period when Kidwelly became established as a centre of tinplate manufacture, contributing to the broader industrial development of the Carmarthenshire region. The survival of both the works structures and dam infrastructure provides important archaeological evidence of the technological and industrial practices employed in Welsh tinplate production during this era.
Kidwelly Old Tinplate Works and Dam is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM291. View the official record →
Kidwelly Old Tinplate Works and Dam is a post-medieval and modern industrial site located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, representing the tinplate manufacturing industry that developed significantly in South Wales during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM291.
Kidwelly Old Tinplate Works and Dam dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a tinplate works. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Kidwelly Old Tinplate Works and Dam 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 CM291.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Spudder's Bridge (2.3 km), Glanstony Aqueduct, Trimsaran (2.6 km), Dome Gunnery Trainer, Pembrey Airfield (4.3 km).
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