Cefn Cribwr Ironworks; Bedford Ironworks, Cefn Cribwr, near Pyle

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NPRN34072
Map ReferenceSS88SE
Grid ReferenceSS8510083450
Unitary (Local) AuthorityBridgend
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityCefn Cribwr
Type Of SiteIRON WORKS
PeriodPost Medieval, 18th Century
Description
Remains of a charcoal-fuelled iron furnace built by John Bedford of Birmingham, after he acquired the estate in 1771. A high-level charging ramp to the furnace with three calcining kilns, the ruins of the casting-house and a later 1820s beam-engine house survive.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 29 March 2000.