What is recorded here

Morris Castle is a ruined worker housing complex built between 1768 and 1774 by Sir John Morris for colliers and copper workers in Swansea, Wales. Its four towers and central courtyard stood on high Cnap-llwyd common, but the location proved impractical, so most families moved to lower cottages while some remained until mining shook the structure in the 1850s. A storm broke through its eastern wall in 1990, leaving only sandstone ribs and copper-slag bands to mark the first generous castle made for labouring hands.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records Morris Castle as Workers Housing from the Post Medieval; 18th Century period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Morris Castle was built as workers' housing in the 18th century. It is remembered as an example of post-medieval domestic architecture in Wales.

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