Gardens · South Wales
Nantyglo Round Towers
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Nantyglo Round Towers — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Ebbw Vale Town · 2.1 km
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Nantyglo Round Towers, the nearest railway station is Ebbw Vale Town, which is 2.1 km away. The postcode for navigation is NP23 4QL. Entry details are not specified.
About
Nantyglo Round Towers is a garden of interest in wales-south, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Nantyglo Round Towers are located at Roundhouse Farm, Nantyglo, near Brynmawr in the borough of Blaenau Gwent in the South Wales Valleys. The two fortified towers were constructed in the early 19th century as places of retreat by the ironmaster Joseph Bailey, after a riot was caused by his brother's threat to cut wages. They are believed to some of the last privately built defensive fortifications in Britain. One of the towers remains intact today whilst the other is in ruins having been partly demolished to salvage scrap iron in the 1940s.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Bailey built the towers after 1816 when some of his workers rioted when his brother, Crawshay Bailey, threatened to cut their wages. Wanting a defensible retreat in case it happened again, The tower was partially demolished during the 1940s to extract the cast iron. The towers were restored in 1986–93 by the Gwent County Council and several other governmental bodies.
Description
The ground floor of the south-west tower is mostly intact, but the walls of the first storey are substantially ruined and the entire second storey is missing as are the cast iron roof, roof trusses and floor joists. These latter have been cut where they join the outer wall. The floors are missing in the north-east tower, but their joists remain and are substantially intact. The roof is intact with its wedge-shaped iron plates. One roof truss had sheared by 2003, but was being supported by interior scaffolding. Neither is open to the public though they can be viewed from nearby.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.7853, -3.1755
- District
- Blaenau Gwent
- Parish
- Nantyglo and Blaina
- Postcode
- NP23 4QL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Nearest railway station
- Ebbw Vale Town — 2.1 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q6964398 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Nantyglo Round Towers (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Nantyglo Round Towers?
- Nantyglo Round Towers is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode NP23 4QL), in the parish of Nantyglo and Blaina.
- What is Nantyglo Round Towers?
- Nantyglo Round Towers — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Nantyglo Round Towers?
- The nearest railway station is Ebbw Vale Town, about 2.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode NP23 4QL.
- How do I get to Nantyglo Round Towers?
- The nearest railway station is Ebbw Vale Town, about 2.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NP23 4QL.