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Pwll Du Limestone Quarry and Water Balance Lift is a post-medieval and modern industrial quarry site located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw's protection. The site features a water balance lift mechanism, a system of considerable engineering interest that reflects late nineteenth or early twentieth-century innovations in quarrying technology, designed to facilitate the extraction and movement of limestone from the working face. Water balance lifts operated by counterweight principles, allowing the efficient transport of stone or personnel within quarries where conventional mechanical means were impractical. The monument represents a significant example of industrial heritage, demonstrating the technological advancement applied to Welsh limestone extraction during the modern period.
Pwll Du Limestone Quarry & Water Balance Lift is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM225. View the official record →
Pwll Du Limestone Quarry and Water Balance Lift is a post-medieval and modern industrial quarry site located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw's protection. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM225.
Pwll Du Limestone Quarry & Water Balance Lift dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a quarry. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Pwll Du Limestone Quarry & Water Balance Lift 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 MM225.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blaenafon Ironworks (2.3 km), Engine Pit, Blaenavon (2.6 km), Aaron Brute's Level and Iron Bridge (2.7 km).
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