National Eisteddfod Ebbw Vale 2010

Royal Commission exhibition panel on Ebbw Vale

One of the many fascinating exhibition panels at this years National Eisteddfod in Ebbw Vale. Come along to the stand (257-258) of the Royal Commission and find out more abouts it's work as the investigating body and national archive for the historic environment of Wales.


Glynebwy: Tref Haearn a Dur Tyfodd tref Glynebwy o amgylch y gwaith haearn, ac yn ddiweddarach y gwaith dur, a sefydlwyd gyntaf yng Nglynebwy ym 1786. Yn y 1860au datblygodd Glynebwy’n gynhyrchydd dur nodedig a hwn oedd y gwaith dur mwyaf datblygedig ym Mhrydain erbyn y 1960au. Ym 1979 fe ailddatblygwyd y safle’n ffatri dunplat ond cafodd honno’i chau a’i dymchwel yn 2002-2005.

Ebbw Vale: Town of Iron and Steel
The town of Ebbw Vale grew up around the Ebbw Vale ironworks, later steelworks, which were first established in 1786. In the 1860s Ebbw Vale became a noted steel
producer and by the 1960s it became the most advanced steelworks in Britain. In 1979 the site was redeveloped as a tinplate plant, which was closed and demolished in 2002-2005.

Do you remember the Glyn Ebwy Eisteddfod in 1958?