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Post Medieval/Modern · Ironworks

Rudry Ironworks

Wales
Cadw SAM GM357
Period
Post Medieval/Modern
Site type
Ironworks
Broad class
Industrial
Nation
Wales
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rudry Ironworks is a post-medieval industrial site located in Glamorgan, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference GM357. The works represent the industrial expansion of the region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when iron production became a dominant economic force in South Wales. The site preserves substantial remains of ironworking structures and associated industrial infrastructure characteristic of this period of intensive mineral extraction and metalworking. The ironworks exemplifies the technological and economic development that transformed the South Welsh valleys into a centre of iron manufacture during the Industrial Revolution.

Rudry Ironworks is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM357. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Rudry Ironworks?

Rudry Ironworks is a post-medieval industrial site located in Glamorgan, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference GM357. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM357.

What period does Rudry Ironworks date from?

Rudry 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.

Who is responsible for protecting Rudry Ironworks?

Rudry 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 GM357.

What other scheduled monuments are near Rudry Ironworks?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Field Camp E Of Craig-Llywn (4.3 km), Castell Morgraig (5.2 km), Caerffili Mountain Shaft Mounds (5.2 km).

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