Ty Mawr Slate Quarry (Nantle Vale Slate Quarry)

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NPRN400634
Map ReferenceSH45SE
Grid ReferenceSH4990052550
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityLlanllyfni
Type Of SiteSLATE QUARRY
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Quarry depicted on OS County series 3nd edition (Caernarvon. XXI.9 1916): history uncertain, area appears to fall within Nantle Vale quarry (Nprn400633) on earlier editions (1889, 1900).
Engine house, recorded as belonging to Ty Mawr E (Nprn275742), is portrayed in-use only on County series 1st ed. (1899).
(source: Lindsay 1974 (Hist. N Wales Slate Indust.), 326, 332)
RCAHMW AP945127/49-50
J.Wiles 16.06.04