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Cribarth Limestone Quarries and Tramroads is a post-medieval and modern quarry complex in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference BR237. The site lies upon bedrock of the Millstone Grit Group, a Namurian formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. This geological setting shaped both the quarrying operations and the landscape character of the monument.
The quarries and associated tramroad system represent the industrial extraction and transport infrastructure developed to exploit limestone resources from this locality. The tramroads were essential to moving quarried stone economically from the working faces to distribution points, reflecting the technological innovations of quarrying and transport during the post-medieval period through to modern times.
The monument survives as physical evidence of Wales's industrial heritage, with the quarried ground, remaining stone faces, and tramroad routes preserving the layout and methods of extraction. The underlying Millstone Grit geology, though not itself the target of quarrying here, formed the surrounding strata through which the limestone-bearing horizons were accessed. The site demonstrates the relationship between geology, industrial development and landscape transformation in Welsh mining and quarrying history.
Cribarth Limestone Quarries and Tramroads is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR237. View the official record →
Cribarth Limestone Quarries and Tramroads is a post-medieval and modern quarry complex in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference BR237.
Cribarth Limestone Quarries and Tramroads dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a quarry. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cribarth Limestone Quarries and Tramroads 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 BR237.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bryn Llechwen ring cairn (4.2 km), Roman Marching Camp South East of Coelbren Fort (5.1 km), Remains of Blast Furnaces at Banwen (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cribarth Limestone Quarries and Tramroads's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cribarth Limestone Quarries and Tramroads stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.