Overview
Coflein records Ysys-Owen Foundry as Foundry in Wales Merthyr Tydfil. The exact saved period is Post Medieval. This makes it an industrial or working place recorded as Foundry; the short national record does not by itself supply a complete history of the people, events or changes at this place.
What this place is
Coflein records Ysys-Owen Foundry as Foundry, with the period Post Medieval. That supports the safe reading that this was an industrial or working place recorded as Foundry.
People and events
The short record does not name owners, workers, designers, accidents or events, so none is guessed.
How it was used
The exact type gives the broad working purpose: Foundry. It does not establish machinery, products, workforce or operating dates beyond the saved period.
What survives
The record has an exact point, but its short type is not treated as a current survey of surviving buildings or workings.
Why it mattered
The safe importance is exact local identification of the industrial or working place; deeper economic importance needs another source.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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