NPRN40583
Map ReferenceSH70NW
Grid ReferenceSH7448009130
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyMerioneth
CommunityCorris
Type Of SiteQUARRY BUILDING
PeriodPost Medieval, 19th Century
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Description
Abercwmmeiddaw Slate Quarry remains from the nineteenth century include a long multi-phase workshop building of slate rubble, incorporating dressing mill, engine house and smithy. The quarry was shown on Ordnance Survey County Series (Merioneth. XLII.8 1889) and was recorded during aerial reconnaissance by the RCAHMW on AP94-CS 1802-4 and AP945182/45, 49.

Claire Parry, RCAHMW, 14 June 2011.

Source: Association for Industrial Archaeology: A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Mid-Wales, 1984