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Pen Y Bryn Quarry and tips is a slate quarrying site located in Conwy, Wales, representing the industrial extraction practices of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The site comprises both the worked quarry face and the associated spoil tips that accumulated from the removal and processing of slate, characteristic features of Wales's extensive slate mining heritage. The physical remains document the methods and scale of quarrying operations typical of the period, with the tips themselves serving as substantial landscape features that preserve evidence of the intensity of extraction activity. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw's protection, the site is recognised as significant to the understanding of Wales's industrial past and the economic importance of slate production to the region.
Pen Y Bryn Quarry and tips is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN419. View the official record →
Pen Y Bryn Quarry and tips is a slate quarrying site located in Conwy, Wales, representing the industrial extraction practices of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN419.
Pen Y Bryn Quarry and tips dates from the industrial period, and is classified as a quarry. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Pen Y Bryn Quarry and tips 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 CN419.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut Circle Settlement Above Gilfach (6.8 km), Huts and Enclosures, Cwm Llefrith (8.3 km), Llystyn Gwyn Inscribed Stone (8.5 km).
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