Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11212
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/11/1993
Date of Amendment
20/12/2002
Name of Property
Slag wall at W end of Glanyravon
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Ystalyfera
Town
Locality
Glanyravon
Easting
276709
Northing
208294
Street Side
Location
Situated at the W end and the N side of Glanyravon some 75m N of the Afon Tawe and just E of the roundabout on the A4067
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Slag wall possibly C19. The blast furnaces of the Ystalfera Ironworks were just to the NW. Built in 1838 the anthracite ironworks closed in 1885. Tinplate production continued until after the Second World War.
Exterior
Wall of coarsed slag blocks with copings of larger irregular blocks. Wall is some 1.7m high and approximately 30m long.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as rare example of a slag wall, an historically important relic of the Ystafera Ironworks.
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