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Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline is a Post Medieval and Modern period industrial installation located in Wales, registered as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (MM222) by Cadw. The structure represents the mechanical engineering solutions developed for tramroad systems during the industrial era, specifically functioning as a brake mechanism on an inclined section of track. Such installations were essential to the safe operation of heavily loaded mineral and coal tramways, controlling the descent of laden trucks down steep gradients. The site evidences the technological infrastructure that supported Wales's mineral extraction and transport industries during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM222. View the official record →
Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline is a Post Medieval and Modern period industrial installation located in Wales, registered as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (MM222) by Cadw. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM222.
Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a incline. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MM222.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Engine Pit, Blaenavon (0.9 km), Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge (1.2 km), Coity Sandstone Quarry and Incline (1.9 km).
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