C oncerns have been raised about the time being taken on major plans for Merthyr Tydfil’s Cyfarthfa Castle which is in a “significant state of deterioration.” The comments come as the ...

It was the world's largest producer of iron - Nelson is said to have preferred Merthyr's metal for his cannon. ... A watercolour by Penry Williams in 1825 showing Cyfarthfa Castle above Merthyr town.

Crawshay adapted Cyfarthfa to use the "puddling" process, which greatly improved the quality of the iron. Admiral Nelson is said to have favoured Cyfarthfa iron for his cannon - paying a personal ...

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for Merthyr Tydfil’s iconic Cyfarthfa Castle to be returned to its former glory. The petition, called 'Save Cyfarthfa Castle from destruction', ...

And anybody who was a pupil in Cyfarthfa Castle during the whole century in which it operated as a school, would say the same. It is an imposing, nineteenth-century structure, built as the home of ...

An £11m regeneration scheme has been launched in Merthyr Tydfil to create 200 jobs centred on the town's historic Cyfarthfa Castle. A non profit-making business is being set up to take on jobless ...

Concerns have been raised about the time being taken on major plans for Merthyr Tydfil’s Cyfarthfa Castle which is in a “significant state of deterioration.” The comments come as the council ...

Concerns have been raised about the time being taken on major plans for Merthyr Tydfil’s Cyfarthfa Castle which is in a “significant state of deterioration.” The comments come as the council received ...

Cyfarthfa ironworks - hailed as one of the greatest industrial enterprises of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries - celebrates its 250th birthday.