Clydach Gorge
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Clydach Gorge (also known as Cwm Clydach) is a valley location in Monmouthshire with a significant industrial history. It includes a cast iron bridge and the remains of a 19th century ironworks.
The Gorge is now part of the Brecon Beacons National Park and is a tourist destination, with facilities including a picnic site, waymarked footpaths and car parking alongside the River Clydach, easily reached from the A465 road, the Heads of the Valleys road. The ironworks are some 300 metres away, across the river. The ironworks were built during the late 18th century and are a Scheduled Ancient Monument. There are also limeworks.
The Gorge is close to the village of Clydach.
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- Caves in the Clydach Gorge area
- Walks in the Clydach Gorge area
- Monmouthshire Council Clydach Site
- Photograph of Clydach Gorge : Rhaeadr Isaf waterfall in spate
- Photograph of the ironworks : the cast iron bridge of 1824
- Photograph of the ironworks : employing over 1,350 workers by 1841
- Photograph of the ironworks : the 1824 date cast on the bridge
- Photograph of the limeworks : extensive quarries and lime kilns
