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Gurnos Quarry Tramroad and Leat is a Post Medieval and Modern industrial monument located in Wales, serving the slate extraction industry that developed significantly during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The tramroad facilitated the transport of slate from Gurnos Quarry to processing and distribution points, whilst the associated leat provided water for industrial purposes essential to quarrying operations. These structures represent the technological infrastructure characteristic of Welsh slate production during its period of major expansion, demonstrating the integration of transport and water management systems typical of quarrying enterprises of this era. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the Cadw register.
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 and Modern industrial monument located in Wales, serving the slate extraction industry that developed significantly during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 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 the UK.
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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