A Heritage Area and Local Nature Reserve
A Heritage Area and Local Nature Reserve
The Llanymynech Limeworks is a scheduled monument with 3 Grade II listed buildings; the Hoffmann Kiln; Hoffmann Chimney and the Draw Kilns. The quarry area is a designated Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
By Tony Beardsell and Martyn Young The tramway track continues almost diagonally for 184ft across field 370 (The Gables), from the silver birch tree in field 380 to a point, the other side of the fence adjacent to the brick-built…
By Tony Beardsell and Martyn Young Field 380 – Rock Cottage In 2000 a digger was observed lifting an inverted “T” rail from the area, so with permission to survey the area from the owner, we hoped to reveal some…
Cecil Corfield Interview at Home Listen to Cecil Corfield as he recalls his time working at the Llanymynech Limeworks. The interview was carried out by Kerry Knapper, then Head teacher at Llanymynech Primary School, in 1979. A transcript of the…
By Tony Beardsell and Martyn Young This is on British Waterways land (Now Canal And River Trust); dredged material was deposited here from the Middleton dock between the dock and tramway. The tally house by the dock and its tramway…
Lady’s Smock: Found in damp places.
By Tony Beardsell and Martyn Young A large area from the stable block to the eastern extremity where the Cambrian Railway enters the site. This area contains the main East / West Cambrian railway through the site, a loop linking…
By Tony Beardsell and Martyn Young This is a large area with four tramways of 2ft gauge and a main line at the top of the site. There are two tramways on embankments, one for the Savin kilns, one for…
Tramway Survey – Introduction By Tony Beardsell and Martyn Young Some years ago (1993) when doing a sugar beet aerial survey in Shropshire, we took a look down on the chimney and kiln at Llanymynech and faint tramway tracks could…
Introduction The information below is taken from a CLWYD-POWYS ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST (CPAT) archaeological report written in connection with proposals for the Llanymynech Heritage Area Development Project. It is an extensive report detailing the site, it’s historical past and status (then, 2004)…
Out of almost nowhere, one of Shropshire’s most dramatic scenes towers above you – with harsh cliffs rising almost vertically to a height of over 200 feet. Layers of Time Over 2000 years of mining and quarrying have left their…