Llanymynech Heritage Area

Llanymynech Heritage Area is a noteworthy previous lime furnace, quarry and mechanical site close to the town of Llanymynech, Shropshire in the Welsh Marches. The site is nearby the A483 street and near the Montgomery Canal. It is around 6 miles south of Oswestry on the English side of the fringe, and around 9 miles north of the Powys town of Welshpool. This is a broadly huge mechanical legacy zone, containing one of just three outstanding Hoffmann furnaces in the country. It gives enter experiences into modern paleontology, as it was a noteworthy focus of the lime business until the mid twentieth century.

It isn't known when the lime business began here, however it might go back to medieval occasions or conceivably prior. The main reference to the site is on a guide from 1753. Proof of early settlement locally incorporates an ancient slope post on Llanmynech HIll, while Offa's Dyke runs near the site on the western edge. The zone likewise has a long history of modern action, including copper and lead mining going back to in any event the Roman time frame.