Porth Wen Brickworks | |
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Type | Brickworks |
Location | Anglesey, Wales |
Coordinates | 53°25′26″N 4°24′22″W / 53.424°N 4.406°W |
OS grid reference | SH 4019 9465 |
Scheduled monument | |
Official name | Porth Wen Brickworks |
Designated | 27 October 1986 |
Reference no. | AN109 |
Location in Anglesey |
Porth Wen Brickworks first built by Charles E Tidy, is now a disused Victorian brickworks which produced fire bricks, made from quartzite (silica) used to line steel-making furnaces. The substantial remains include a number of buildings and the remains of some of the machinery, but has some damage from sea erosion. The site is a scheduled monument.