Round Tower at Nantyglo
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Round Tower at Nantyglo
Image: © Rude Health Taken: 19 Sep 2008
Nantyglo Round Towers are located at Roundhouse Farm, Nantyglo near Brynmawr in the borough of Blaenau Gwent in the South Wales Valleys. The two fortified towers were constructed in 1816 during the period of national unrest due to high wheat prices following the end of the Napoleonic wars, by the ironmasters Matthew Wayne (1780–1853) and Joseph Bailey, beside Nantyglo House or Ty Mawr as barracks for the militia and places of retreat. They are believed to be the last fortifications of their type built in Britain. One of the towers remains intact today whilst the other is ruinous having been partly demolished in a search for scrap iron in the 1940s. Neither is open to the public though they can be viewed from nearby
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Image Location
Latitude
51.785207
Longitude
-3.175374