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Mar 1, 2025
Porthgain's circular economy
Slate waste from the quarry at Porthgain, Pembrokeshire, was dumped into the sea before a large brickworks was built in the late 19th century to turn the waste into bricks. The large building near the harbour was built for machines which pulverised ...
the slate waste, kneaded it and pressed it to form bricks, which were fired in an adjacent Hoffman kiln. The complex also included two tall chimneys and sheds where the bricks were dried. For more information and photos of the brickworks in their heyday, use your smartphone to scan the QR codes near the entrance to The Shed Bistro, which is at one end of the old machine house. Or click here