We are once again appealing for help with publicising the Tanat to Perry Community Wildlife Group’s Curlew and Lapwing project. We’re about to begin the third year of our study and are keen not only to recruit more volunteer surveyors but also to raise awareness of the decline of these […]
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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 weighing machine house on the heritage site. This tramway is […]
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 industrial archaeology in very good condition. Field 380 Finds Map […]
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 are still to be surveyed. At the end of the […]
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 the Savin and Hoffmann and Cupola kilns and storage shed […]
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 main line rock transfer, a third for the Hoffmann with […]
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 be seen in a field. Several years later, retired and […]