NPRN405086
Map ReferenceSN90NW
Grid ReferenceSN9168008270
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyBrecknockshire
CommunityYstradfellte
Type Of SiteGUNPOWDER PRESS HOUSE
PeriodPost Medieval
DescriptionA cake press house (No.30 on the Nobel Plan), where the milled powder mass was compressed by high pressure into 1-inch thick slabs. These were then broken up into smaller pieces and put into barrels. The building was erected before 1877, and was served by a loop off the tramway. This ran round the back (west) side of the building through a covered porch. The structure survives as footings and masonry part-walls that stand up to 1.5m in height. A pit adjacent on the east side may have housed a turbine to power the press pumps.
D.J.Percival, 18 October 2006