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The Story of Torfaen

 

 

 

Post 1570 - The changing of the landscape

From about 1570 the landscape began to change. This was the result of industry coming to the area. The densely wooded slopes of the upper valley disappeared to provide fuel for the iron furnaces which were being built around Pontypool.

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Edited from text by Adrian Babbidge, 1980
Copyright Torfaen Museum Trust, 2002