This is another stone quarry on the North Wales coastal road - basically a much smaller and less interesting version of Penmaenmawr a bit further along.
Having driven past many times and wondered what was up there I eventually pulled over just before the Penmaenbach tunnel and went for a walk.
There isn’t much history available but it presumably produced the same type of crushed granite (and maybe setts) as Penmaenmawr.
The map below shows a few inclines and some plant down by the road which has now disappeared.
The levels/shelves together with two reservoirs and some small structures are more easily seen in a Google aerial view.
The first reservoir, which the map says was for Conwy (Conway) town.
Heading east are a series of structures and winding station remains, none of which have drums left.
Further round past another winding station is the second reservoir - the bit sticking out in the distance is the Great Orme.
The map shows a disused level/adit connected by incline and tramway at the eastern end of the workings.
This seems to have been a short-lived metal mine, although I don’t know what they found.
Other mines on the fault zone further south were mainly for lead and zinc - over on the Great Orme across another fault there are well known copper excavations, and even an antimony mine.
But whatever it was, there wasn’t much ore because the hole fizzes out after 50 - 75 yards.
Waste tip, then down the rabbit hole.
On the way out.
Finally back over the top of the hill to the highest (seventh) drum house.
The view west from up here with Penmaenbach on the right and the Penmaenmawr promontory just visible straight ahead in the distance.
Having driven past many times and wondered what was up there I eventually pulled over just before the Penmaenbach tunnel and went for a walk.
There isn’t much history available but it presumably produced the same type of crushed granite (and maybe setts) as Penmaenmawr.
The map below shows a few inclines and some plant down by the road which has now disappeared.
The levels/shelves together with two reservoirs and some small structures are more easily seen in a Google aerial view.
The first reservoir, which the map says was for Conwy (Conway) town.
Heading east are a series of structures and winding station remains, none of which have drums left.
Further round past another winding station is the second reservoir - the bit sticking out in the distance is the Great Orme.
The map shows a disused level/adit connected by incline and tramway at the eastern end of the workings.
This seems to have been a short-lived metal mine, although I don’t know what they found.
Other mines on the fault zone further south were mainly for lead and zinc - over on the Great Orme across another fault there are well known copper excavations, and even an antimony mine.
But whatever it was, there wasn’t much ore because the hole fizzes out after 50 - 75 yards.
Waste tip, then down the rabbit hole.
On the way out.
Finally back over the top of the hill to the highest (seventh) drum house.
The view west from up here with Penmaenbach on the right and the Penmaenmawr promontory just visible straight ahead in the distance.
