Banc y Celyn, Brecknockshire - Royal Commission on the Ancient ...

Uplands Initiative – <strong>Banc</strong> y <strong>Celyn</strong> 20083.4.3 Significance of the Industrial SitesAlthough the quarries and other features recorded under the Industry broad classaccount for over 100 separate records in the project database, their individual andcollective importance is relatively low.As far as can be determined, the quarries do not include exposures of particulargeological interest and as a group they appear to have been worked to meet the needs oflocal communities around the mountain fringe.Likewise, the features associated with water management are of a purely local interestand do not include any sites or structures of wider significance.None of the industrial or water management features recorded within the study areacould be said to be of national importance and none would warrant statutory protection.Plate 38: Cefn Llwydallt Quarry NPRN 247154, one of the larger quarry workings ofthe study area, but long disused and grassed over.67