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Taylor's Pottery is a post-medieval and modern pottery kiln located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. The kiln stands on bedrock belonging to the South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation, a geological deposit of Moscovian age comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone interspersed with seams of coal and ironstone. This coal-bearing landscape shaped the industrial character of the region and provided both fuel for pottery firing and raw materials for local enterprise.
The kiln represents Wales's ceramic production heritage during the post-medieval period and into modern times. Its construction exploited the local geology, utilising stone from the surrounding Coal Measures bedrock. Such pottery kilns were essential to domestic and commercial pottery manufacture, firing vessels for everyday use across local communities and beyond.
The monument survives as evidence of small-scale industrial craft production in Wales. Its location within the coal-bearing geology of South Wales reflects how medieval and post-medieval industries clustered around accessible natural resources. The kiln's preservation under Cadw protection ensures this surviving example of Welsh pottery manufacture remains available for study and public understanding of the nation's industrial and craft heritage.
Taylor's Pottery is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL165. View the official record →
Taylor's Pottery is a post-medieval and modern pottery kiln located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL165.
Taylor's Pottery dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a pottery kiln. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Taylor's Pottery 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 FL165.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bryntirion round barrow (7.6 km), Offa's Dyke: Section extending 477m from Coed Talon Banks (7.7 km), Pen-y-stryt round barrow (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Taylor's Pottery'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.
Taylor's Pottery stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.