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Porth Wen Brickworks
Kilns and chimneys at the brickworks
TypeBrickworks
LocationAnglesey, Wales
Coordinates53°25′26″N 4°24′22″W / 53.424°N 4.406°W / 53.424; -4.406
OS grid referenceSH 4019 9465
Scheduled monument
Official namePorth Wen Brickworks
Designated27 October 1986
Reference no.AN109
Porth Wen Brickworks is located in Anglesey
Porth Wen Brickworks
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.

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