Ben Salter

Ben Salter club

Posted: 29 Apr 2007


Taken: 30 Apr 2007

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Nantyglo
Ben Salter
Towers
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The Round Towers at Nantyglo, Wales, were built by industrialists Crawshay and Joseph Bailey, who, by the early 19th century controlled much of the iron resources in the region, including the massive iron works at Nantyglo. Fearing that their workers would one day rise against them, in 1816 the Baileys built the last fortified tower in Britain as a place of refuge against a potential worker's revolt:
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