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Gurnos Quarry Tramroad and Leat is a post-medieval industrial monument located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference GM478. The site comprises a tramroad and associated water channel (leat) constructed to serve slate or stone quarrying operations during the industrial period. The tramroad represents the technological infrastructure developed to transport extracted stone from the quarry to processing or distribution points, whilst the leat channelled water necessary for quarrying and milling operations. These features exemplify the integration of transport and hydraulic engineering systems characteristic of Welsh quarrying industry development from the eighteenth century onwards.
Gurnos Quarry Tramroad & Leat is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM478. View the official record →
Gurnos Quarry Tramroad and Leat is a post-medieval industrial monument located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference GM478. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM478.
Gurnos Quarry Tramroad & Leat dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a tramroad. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Gurnos Quarry Tramroad & Leat 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 GM478.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carn Castell y Meibion ring cairn (4.8 km), Darren Fawr Round Cairns (5.5 km), Gadlys Ironworks (Remains of Blast Furnace) (6.1 km).
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