Theme: Industrial

The investigations at Merthyr Tydfil College, on the site of the former Ynysfach Ironworks, began in August 2011 and were…

Between May 1992 and August 1993, CPAT carried out a rapid survey of all of the non-ferrous metal mines (predominantly…

Perched on a mountainside on the western fringe of the Brecon Beacons National Park is a remarkable landscape of craggy…

Cadw funded an emergency recording of the former Merthyr Tydfil Brewery before its demolition in 2009. Reputed to be the…

This Cadw-funded project assessed the significance of medieval and post-medieval mills and waterpower sites across Glamorgan and Gwent. A total…

The ironmaking industry shaped much of the historic landscape of South East Wales, yet its remains are increasingly threatened by…

Ports and harbours have long been central to the history of south Wales, but their archaeological potential is not well…

The distinctive character of the Ceredigion upland landscape that today we consider‘natural’, has in factbeen shaped and changed by people…

Identified through the Strata Florida Landscape Project and the Cadw-funded Wetland Margins Survey, Capel y Groes was thought to be…

The dramatic landscape of the Black Mountain has been shaped by 150 million years of geological history. Layers of sandstone,…

The lack of a comprehensive database of historically worked stone quarries presents challenges for building conservation and heritage management. This…

As part of a wider Cadw-funded programme, this project set out to identify and assess medieval and post-medieval mills and…