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Nantlle Railway and Old Talysarn is an industrial railway heritage site in Conwy, Wales, representing the slate quarrying industry of the nineteenth century. The railway was constructed to transport slate from the quarries of the Nantlle Valley to the port facilities, serving as a vital commercial artery for one of Wales's most important extractive industries during the Victorian period. The surviving structures and trackbed preserve evidence of the engineering infrastructure required to move heavy slate production across difficult terrain. The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference CN420, reflecting its significance as a record of industrial innovation and economic activity in nineteenth-century North Wales.
Nantlle Railway and Old Talysarn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN420. View the official record →
Nantlle Railway and Old Talysarn is an industrial railway heritage site in Conwy, Wales, representing the slate quarrying industry of the nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN420.
Nantlle Railway and Old Talysarn dates from the industrial period, and is classified as a railway. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Nantlle Railway and Old Talysarn 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 CN420.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut Circle Settlement Above Gilfach (6.3 km), Huts and Enclosures, Cwm Llefrith (8 km), Llystyn Gwyn Inscribed Stone (8 km).
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