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Adit Portal and Ramp. Floor 0, Diffwys Quarry

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NPRN421268
Map ReferenceSH74NW
Grid ReferenceSH7082146247
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyMerioneth
CommunityFfestiniog
Type Of SiteADIT
Period19th Century
Description
Entrance to adit with associated ramp that transferred slate blocks from the underground working of Diffwys quarry to the mill on Floor 0. This was in use in 1889 at the date of the 1st edition Ordnance Survey but was disused by c.1900 and the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey.

A simple rock cut adit entrance, from which the ramp down to Floor 0 is now covered in vegetation and rubble. A series of retaining walls and inclines surround this complex.

Louise Barker, RCAHMW, October 2015