Blaenavon Ironworks and Cyfarthfa Castle

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Industrial heritage sites from the iron industry in Blaenavon and Merthyr Tydfil.

Study of industrial heritage sites relating to a traditional primary industry (iron) in the south Wales valleys - includes Blaenavon Ironworks and Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr Tydfil home of the Crawshay family.
From: First Resort The Valleys
First Broadcast : 19 November 1997

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 9-11,11-14,14-16

Subject : History, Geography

Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain, Victorians, Settlements, Tourism

Keywords : South Wales valleys, Blaenavon, Merthyr Tydfil, Industrial heritage, Traditional industry, Iron industry

Notes : Geography topics - Industrial heritage and history of the valleys, settlement geography (a linear settlement), Introduction to the growth of towns in the South Wales valleys GCSE WJEC - Urban land use patterns. History topic - industrial Wales and Britain,

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