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Beddgelert Siding

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NPRN420655
Map ReferenceSH53NE
Grid ReferenceSH5720839347
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityPorthmadog
Type Of SiteRAILWAY SIDING
Period19th Century
Description
Railway siding depicted on the first-edition Ordnance Survey County Series map of 1889. It was here that slate was transferred from the narrow gauge railway (the Croesor tramroad) which served the Croesor quarries (NPRN 40593), onto the main Cambrian Railway. The siding survives as part of the Welsh Highland Railway.

David Leighton & Louise Barker, RCAHMW, 22 June 2015

Source:
Gwyn, D., Welsh Slate: Archaeology and History of an Industry (RCAHMW 2015), p.230-1.
OS Coubty Series mapping: sheet Caernarvonshire XXXIV.12, edition of 1889.