Furnace, Ceredigion

Furnace, Ceredigion

infobox UK place
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static_image_caption = Dyfi Furnace
country = Wales
welsh_name= Ffwrnais
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latitude= 52.53803
longitude= -3.94092
official_name= Furnace
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unitary_wales = Ceredigion
lieutenancy_wales = Dyfed
constituency_westminster = Ceredigion
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os_grid_reference= SN684951
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Furnace (Welsh: "Ffwrnais") is a (place) in Ceredigion, Wales on the A487 trunk road from Machynlleth to Aberystwyth, near Eglwysfach.

It is the location of the Dyfi Furnace, used from the 1750s to the 1800s to make pig iron with charcoal as fuel. The site was previously used the Silver Mills of the Society of Mines Royal.

External Links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3090093 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Furnace and surrounding area]


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