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Hafodlas Slate Quarry Mills and Associated Features is a post-medieval and modern water power system located in Conwy, Wales, comprising mill structures and infrastructure servicing the slate quarrying operations of the region. The site reflects the industrial development of North Wales during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when water power was harnessed to drive machinery essential to slate extraction and processing. The associated features include water supply channels, drainage systems, and the physical remains of mills that powered cutting and finishing equipment used in the quarry's operations. This scheduled ancient monument preserves evidence of the technological systems that underpinned the slate industry's expansion during its period of greatest activity and profitability.
Hafodlas Slate Quarry Mills and Associated Features is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN295. View the official record →
Hafodlas Slate Quarry Mills and Associated Features is a post-medieval and modern water power system located in Conwy, Wales, comprising mill structures and infrastructure servicing the slate quarrying operations of the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN295.
Hafodlas Slate Quarry Mills and Associated Features dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a water power system. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Hafodlas Slate Quarry Mills and Associated Features 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 CN295.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pont y Pair (1.3 km), Fedw Deg Medieval House (3 km), Roman Bridge Penmachno (4.2 km).
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