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Cyfarthfa Castle, from the south-east

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Cyfarthfa Castle, from the south-east
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Cyfarthfa Castle, from the south-east is a castle, fort or tower in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Perhaps its stones still hold the heat of hammers that shaped steel for half the world. Maybe the ridge wind carries voices of men who bled into every ribbon of iron. Imagine touching the wall and feeling the tremor of a thousand furnaces breathing beneath the soil.
A named place photographed at this map point in Merthyr Tydfil.
Built in the early 19th century by William Crawshay II, a prominent ironmaster, Cyfarthfa Castle is remembered as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution in South Wales and as the family home associated with the Crawshay family's industrial and philanthropic legacy.

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