blaenau ffestiniog

The History It’s been done on here loads of times but here we go. I’ve used Coflein (the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales) to assist with this. Maenofferen, which is shown on the Ordnance Survey map as “Maen-Offeren”, is located near Ffestiniog, Wales. It was one of...

1. The History Maenofferen slate quarry is situated near the North Wales town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, between the Manod and Moelwyn Mountains. Situated at 400m, it was first worked by men from the nearby Diphwys mine circa 1800 and by 1848 slate was being transported via the Ffestiniog Railway...

1. The History Maenofferen slate quarry is situated near the North Wales town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, between the Manod and Moelwyn Mountains. Situated at 400m, it was first worked by men from the nearby Diphwys mine circa 1800 and by 1848 slate was being transported via the Ffestiniog Railway...

A brief topside only visit over the weekend. Somehow never been for my sins. After a good nights sleep at nearby bothy headed up to have a look around the buildings. It seems there is some conservation work going on of late. Sign up saying so, some shipping containers/portacabins about and...

March 2025 Following my recent report from the Maenofferen Slate Mine with @Acid-reflux I thought I would share a few photos from the Cutting Mill that the mine would have once supplied. Around the turn of the 19th century, workers from Diphwys quarry began extracting slate at Maenofferen...

March 2025 Following kind guidance from @HughieD, I visited Maenofferen with @Acid-reflux. I hadn't considered it before. However, after being a middle man in a chat about it, I checked out some online photos. My interest was soon sparked, so I tagged along with Acid for a closer look. It...

1. The History Conglog quarry was a small enterprise situated to the north-west of Tanygrisiau, near Blaenau Ffestiniog in the Snowdonia area of North Wales. To the west of the better known Rhosydd quarry, it was worked between 1854 to 1910, and was operated by an individual, two partnerships...

1. The History Bryn Glas is a small slate quarry, located approximately 5km south-east of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales. Slate extraction began in the 1890s and continued for just three decades before the quarry's closure in the 1920s. It was then briefly reworked in the 1960s by...

1. The History Slate was first discovered at Rhosydd in the early 1830s by two men nearby in Croesor. Assuming it was on the estate of Croesor Fawr, they approached owner, William Turner, to request permission for them to quarry the rock. Around the same time, it was also found by Meredydd...

1. The History Wrysgan slate quarry is located near to the village of Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales. It initially started to be worked in the 1830s, and then continuously from 1850 right up until 1946. The underground slate quarry is 1,400 feet above sea level and sits high on the...

1. The History Very little history (and no archive pictures) of this medium-sized quarry. Located 4 km from Llan Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Foel Gron was initially an open slate quarry in the 1850s. It was also later worked underground. The mill and dressing sheds were a distance from the quarry...

1. The History Bryn Glas is a small slate quarry, located approximately 5km south-east of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales. Slate extraction began in the 1890s and continued for just three decades before the quarry's closure in the 1920s. It was then briefly reworked in the 1960s by...

Introduction When staying in Blaenau, there are multiple possibilities in terms of mine/quarry exploration. There are the big sites (Maenoffren, Rhosydd, Cwmorthin etc) but there are also a number of smaller, lesser-know sites. When on my hols, I tend to do my exploring in the morning while my...

1. The History Conglog quarry was a small enterprise situated to the north-west of Tanygrisiau, near Blaenau Ffestiniog in the Snowdonia area of North Wales. To the west of the better known Rhosydd quarry, it was worked between 1854 to 1910, and was operated by an individual, two partnerships...

We haven't posted much for the last couple of weeks due to real life getting in the way, namely my van engine deciding to catastrophically give up on life along with having loads on at work but managed to get it all sorted it out in time for this visit. We visited this place for the first time...