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Cribarth Quarries Tramroads

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NPRN34634
Map ReferenceSN81SW
Grid ReferenceSN8280014000
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyBrecknockshire
CommunityTawe-uchaf
Type Of SiteRAILWAY
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Cribarth Quarries Tramroads is a complex layout of railways or tramroads, involving 17km of permanent way and 18 separate inclines, serving Cribarth limestone and other quarries (nprn 40642), constructed between 1794 and the 1890s, in part linking the quarries to the Swansea Canal (nprn 34376).

J. Wiles, RCAHMW, 19.10.2004.