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Rhymney Upper Furnace is a blast furnace located in Rhymney, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, dating to the Post Medieval and Modern industrial periods. The furnace represents the significant ironworking heritage of the South Wales valleys during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the region became a centre of iron production. The structure survives as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection, documenting the technological and industrial development of Wales during the Industrial Revolution. The furnace demonstrates the scale and methods of ferrous metal production that characterised the Rhymney Iron Works, a major regional industrial concern of the period.
Rhymney Upper Furnace is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM403. View the official record →
Rhymney Upper Furnace is a blast furnace located in Rhymney, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, dating to the Post Medieval and Modern industrial periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM403.
Rhymney Upper Furnace dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a blast furnace. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Rhymney Upper Furnace 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 GM403.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Platform Houses on East Side of Gelligaer Common (6.7 km), Pant Ffos-yr-hebog Cup-Marked Stone (6.8 km), Gelligaer Common Round Cairns (7.1 km).
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