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Rhiwbach Quarry, Tramway and Incline System is a nineteenth-century slate quarrying and transport complex located in Conwy, North Wales, representing the industrial infrastructure associated with local slate extraction. The site comprises quarrying remains, an inclined plane system, and tramway infrastructure that facilitated the movement of slate from the quarry workings to processing and distribution points. Dating primarily to the Victorian period, the complex exemplifies the technological and organisational systems that characterised Welsh slate production during its period of peak commercial activity. The surviving physical remains include elements of the tramway and incline infrastructure that would have employed gravity and mechanical power to transport heavy quarried slate across the challenging terrain of the North Wales mountains.
Rhiwbach Quarry, Tramway and Incline System is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN414. View the official record →
Rhiwbach Quarry, Tramway and Incline System is a nineteenth-century slate quarrying and transport complex located in Conwy, North Wales, representing the industrial infrastructure associated with local slate extraction. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN414.
Rhiwbach Quarry, Tramway and Incline System dates from the industrial period, and is classified as a railway. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Rhiwbach Quarry, Tramway and Incline System 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 CN414.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed Hut Group at Nurse Cae Du (7.8 km), Castell Tomen y Mur (8.1 km), Tomen y Mur (8.2 km).
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