Monument Type(s):

• CANAL WHARF (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1901 AD)

Summary

This site represents: a canal wharf of post medieval date. The site is protected by Scheduling.

Related records

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

• ESA5650 - 2004 assessment in connection with the Llanymynech Heritage Area Development Project by CPAT
• ESA6163 - 2001 Archaeological Survey at Llanymynech heritage area, Shropshire, by Archenfield Archaeology Ltd
• ESA6395 - 1993 field observation of damage to the Montgomery Canal's heritage by G. Deamer

Description

View showing tree cover, with central arm of PRN 03813 just visible in trees. <2>

The canal wharf at Llanymynech developed in association with the tramway system. Originally, limestone would have been transported from the quarries to the canal by horse and cart, presumably being loaded onto boats moored along the northern side of the canal, close to the turnpike road, or a side road to the east. By 1806 the first tramway was constructed, associated with a small triangular canal wharf, with a second, larger wharf, lying to the east of the road. A third, longer wharf was added further to the west sometime between 1813 and 1858. The Cambrian Railway’s Llanfyllin Branch was opened in 1863, and although at first the canal suffered little from railway competition the railway eventually took much of the lime trade from the canal. The wharf was probably disused by around 1900, although quarrying and lime burning continued until 1914 <3>

A historical, archaeological and landscape 'tier two' survey of Llanymynech and the surrounding environs was undertaken and included land that had previously been used for limestone quarrying and a large area of mixed woodland. In 1838 Pickerings line ran down from the quarry to north-west into land parcel 97 (described as part of inclined plane and railway) on the tithe (PRN 08403). From here it continued through land parcels 116 (part of railway) and 111 (ditto) (PRN 08404). The line terminated at the company’s wharf (108) on the canal (PRN 08426). ->

-> The other company operating a railway in Llanymynech in 1838 was that of Messrs Baugh and Co. Their route ran down from the north, (93 - inclined plane and railway, PRN 08407) to cross Pickerings line at the road from Oswestry. From here it continued through land parcels 115 and 110 (both ‘part of the Railway’), through 105a (‘part of railway passing through field 105’) (PRN 08404), to a wharf ( PRN 08427) to the west of Pickerings’, marked 107 on the tithe. <4>

Described as an important canal/tramroad wharf serving the Llanymynech quarries. Complicated development history starting in 1804. <5>

Photograph taken by Alan and Barbara Tyler in 1978/9. <6>

<00> Shropshire County Council SMR, SMR Sheets Collection, SMR Sheet for PRN SA 03813 (Card index). SSA20723.

<01> Ward Penny A, 1984, Comment, 05/01/1984 (VERBAL COMMUNICATION). SSA9048.

<02> Cartographical Services Ltd, 1983, Set of vertical aerial photographs, 1983, Frames 5702-5703 (Vertical aerial photograph). SSA22421.

<03> Jones N W, 2004, Llanymynech Heritage Area: archaeological survey, p6,38; Fig 9 (Archaeological fieldwork report). SSA21394.

<03A> Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust, 2004, Photographs from Llanymynech Heritage Area Assessment, 1603/139,228-231 (Photograph). SSA22026.

<04> Sherlock H and Pikes P J, 2001, Llanymynech heritage area, Shropshire: archaeological survey (Historic landscape survey report). SSA23006.

<05> Deamer G, 1993, The conservation of the built environment on the Montgomery Canal: a memorandum addressed to the Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust [draft], Appendix C (Deskbased survey report). SSA23414.

<06> Tyler Alan W, 1978/ 1979, Slides (Photograph). SSA3362.

Sources

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