Ingot
Category
Archaeological material
Date
Unknown
Materials
iron
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Aberdulais Tinworks and Waterfalls, Neath
NT 1681924
Caption
This is the form in which the raw product iron was brought to site for ease of handling prior to purification in the annealing furnace and flattening into sheets in the rolling mills. Some letters can be seen on this example indicating it came from Ynyscedwyn.
Summary
Pig Iron with Ysygarwed maker mark.
Full description
Iron ingot with maker mark. This is an example of pig iron found onsite.