Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pennant Mines Winding Engine House & Chimney, Rhuallt
Tremeirchion, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Tremeirchion, Denbighshire, recorded as Engine House (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Engine House
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 4 November 1976
- Community
- Tremeirchion
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.26731, -3.36932
- SAM number
- FL137
- Cadw record number
- 3103
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBayerische Staatsbibliothek, MunichDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1588 · Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich)
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description for the scheduled monument.
The monument consists of the remains of an engine house, dating to the 19th century. It comprises the remains of a Cornish-type engine house with a stone stack with a brick top. There are two shafts nearby. The chimney demolished in 1985. The engine house was originally of three storeys with walls up to 1.33m thick. A tall opening in the south wall immediately adjacent to and above the engine shaft probably housed the winding gear. A brick arched entrance doorway is centrally placed in the north wall with two windows above. Within the building the stone foundations for the engines are visible.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of mining in Wales. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. An engine house may be part of a larger cluster of industrial monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Pennant Lead Mine Winding Engine HouseIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Bryngwyn-mawr FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Criafol Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Two Round Barrows on Moel Maen EfaRound Barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.