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North West of Waun Watkin Quarry

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NPRN291471
Map ReferenceSO21NW
Grid ReferenceSO2108515301
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyBrecknockshire
CommunityLlangattock
Type Of SiteQUARRY
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Quarrying activity concentrated in an area 100m east-west by 50m north-south. There are spoil tips, over 3m in height, to the north of the quarry with a trackway leading onto the minor road, to the east. The quarry face is over 6, high and there are piles of stone on the quarry floor. The quarry is located on Quartz Conglomerate rocks of the Wern Watkin Formation in the Upper Old Red Sandstones.

J. Winterburn, John Winterburn Archaeological Services, May 2005.