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Melingriffith Water Pump is a post-medieval and modern pumping installation located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference GM312. The structure exploits the underground water resources of the Triassic bedrock beneath the site, which comprises sandstone and conglomerate strata deposited during the Triassic period some 250 million years ago. This geology provided both the aquifer from which water could be extracted and the solid foundation necessary for the pump's installation.
The pump represents the technological application of water engineering to industrial or domestic supply in the post-medieval period and its subsequent modernisation. Water pumping stations of this type were critical infrastructure in Wales during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, serving growing settlements, mills, or manufacturing processes. The interbedded nature of the Triassic sandstone and conglomerate geology at this location would have offered reliable groundwater yields suited to sustained extraction.
The monument's designation under Cadw protection reflects its historical significance as a surviving example of Welsh water infrastructure. The pump's continued presence at Melingriffith demonstrates the enduring relationship between the area's geology and its human exploitation of natural resources across several centuries of development.
Melingriffith Water Pump is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM312. View the official record →
Melingriffith Water Pump is a post-medieval and modern pumping installation located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference GM312.
Melingriffith Water Pump dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a pump. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Melingriffith Water Pump 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 GM312.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Greave Round Barrow (6.9 km), Cwm George Camp (7.7 km), Tyn y Coed Earthwork (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Melingriffith Water Pump'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.
Melingriffith Water Pump stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.