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    NPRN421269
    Map ReferenceSH74NW
    Grid ReferenceSH7081046250
    Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
    Old CountyMerioneth
    CommunityFfestiniog
    Type Of SiteCOUNTER BALANCE INCLINE
    Period19th Century
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    A 30m long incline, linking Floors 1 and 0 at the quarry with a drum-house located on Floor 1. This was an early incline out of use by the first edition Ordnance Survey of 1889.

    The stone built incline plane and base for the drum-house survives.

    Louise Barker, RCAHMW, October 2015