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Ty Mawr East Slate Quarry Winding Engine House is a post-medieval industrial structure located in Conwy, Wales, associated with the slate quarrying industry that was vital to the Welsh economy from the eighteenth century onwards. The engine house dates from the period of intensive slate extraction in North Wales and housed machinery essential for hoisting slate and materials from the quarry workings. The structure represents the technological development of quarry operations during the industrial period, when steam-powered and mechanical winding equipment became central to efficient extraction and processing. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection, it survives as physical evidence of the industrial heritage and engineering practices that characterised Welsh slate quarrying at its height.
Ty Mawr East Slate Quarry Winding Engine House is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN300. View the official record →
Ty Mawr East Slate Quarry Winding Engine House is a post-medieval industrial structure located in Conwy, Wales, associated with the slate quarrying industry that was vital to the Welsh economy from the eighteenth century onwards. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN300.
Ty Mawr East Slate Quarry Winding Engine House dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a engine house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Ty Mawr East Slate Quarry Winding Engine House 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 CN300.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Llystyn Gwyn Inscribed Stone (7.2 km), Huts and Enclosures, Cwm Llefrith (7.7 km), Huts and Enclosures above Ceunant y Ddol (8.1 km).
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