Furnace, Ceredigion

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Furnace
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Dyfi Furnace
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Furnace
Location within Ceredigion
OS grid reference SN684951
Principal area
Preserved county
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
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UK
Wales
Ceredigion
52°32′17″N3°56′27″W / 52.53803°N 3.94092°W / 52.53803; -3.94092

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.