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Dinas Silica Mine is a post-medieval and modern industrial site in Breconshire, Wales, associated with silica extraction and processing during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The site includes evidence of mining operations and tramroad infrastructure, reflecting the development of mineral transport systems that characterised industrial Wales during this period. The tramroad represents the engineering solutions employed to move extracted material from the mine to processing facilities or distribution points, typical of the mechanised extractive industries that expanded across South Wales from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. The site remains an important record of Wales's industrial heritage and the technological innovations adopted in response to commercial demand for silica products.
Dinas Silica Mine is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR229. View the official record →
Dinas Silica Mine is a post-medieval and modern industrial site in Breconshire, Wales, associated with silica extraction and processing during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR229.
Dinas Silica Mine dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a tramroad. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dinas Silica Mine 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 BR229.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Craig y Bwlch round cairn (5.1 km), Tarren y Bwlch round cairn (5.6 km), Ffos Toncenglau cross ridge dyke (5.8 km).
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