Furnace,_Ceredigion Knowpia

Furnace
Welsh: *Ffwrnais*
Furnace Welsh: Ffwrnais;
	Dyfi Furnace
	Furnace Location within Ceredigion
OS grid reference	SN684951
Principal area	Ceredigion;
Preserved county	Dyfed;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MACHYNLLETH
Postcode district	SY20
Dialling code	01654
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Ceredigion;
	List of places UK Wales Ceredigion 52°32′17″N 3°56′27″W / 52.53803°N 3.94092°W

Furnace (Welsh: Ffwrnais) is a hamlet 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 19th century to make pig iron with charcoal as fuel. The site had been used by the Silver Mills of the Society of Mines Royal.

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Furnace Welsh: Ffwrnais
Dyfi Furnace
Furnace Location within Ceredigion
OS grid reference	SN684951
Principal area	Ceredigion
Preserved county	Dyfed
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MACHYNLLETH
Postcode district	SY20
Dialling code	01654

Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh

UK Parliament	Ceredigion
List of places UK Wales Ceredigion 52°32′17″N 3°56′27″W / 52.53803°N 3.94092°W / 52.53803; -3.94092