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Bodfari Iron Mine
  • Catalogue detailing property and land belonging to the Blaenavon Iron & Coal Mines, to be auctioned in London on 22 November 1833.
Sale catalogue for Blaenavon Iron & Coal Mines, 1833 [page 1, image 1 of 5]
  • Thomas Martyn describes the work undertaken by the men carrying wood down from the mountains to the barges on the river. Iron ore is also brought up the river from Lancashire. Having watched the men, Thomas Martyn and his family sail onwards towards Tintern.
A Tour to South Wales, 1801, page 53
Adroddiad y Parch D. S. Davies am sefyllfa y Wladfa Gymreig (Bala, 1875) [p. 9, image 6 of 26]
  • Aerial photographs of ironworks and iron mines from the collection of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
Aerial photographs of ironworks and iron mines