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Cefn Du, Radio Station, Concrete Base XLI

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NPRN505883
Map ReferenceSH56SW
Grid ReferenceSH5412160642
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityLlanrug
Type Of SitePLATFORM
PeriodModern
Description

A flat-topped concrete anchor base with an embedded, now cut, steel loop facing mast 6 of the 1914 antenna. The anchor has a corresponding anchor on the opposite, western side of the mast base. The function is uncertain but was either for attaching ropes for raising a mast-erecting, climbing platform known to have been used here and other Marconi sites, or for triatic (antenna wire support) wire raising and lowering.

Source: Rowlands, J., Marconi's Carnarvon Station 1912-1939: a journey into early commercial wireless in north Wales' Second Edition, 2023.

RCAHMW, 2023.