maenofferen slate mine

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...

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...

Full history; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maenofferen_quarry Brief history; Maenofferen was first worked for slate by men from the nearby Diphwys quarry shortly after 1800. By 1848 slate was being shipped via the Ffestiniog Railway, but traffic on the railway ceased in 1850. In 1857 traffic...

1. The History See previous report for a pretty extensive history of the place HERE. The main up-date is that the site as of 28th July, 2021 now comes under the UNESCO heritage status granted to “The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales”. It details six specific areas and Maenofferen is included...

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...

First post on here. I know this has been done a few times and this isn't my first visit here, but it was a cold foggy day I was bored and wanted get a bit of content up and this is local to me. Maenofferen state mine is now a derelict site. The quarry was opened a short time after 1800 and was...

The men of the nearby diphys and later the Maenofferen Slate Quarry Company did not mess about. As with many of the Welsh slate mines quarrying started long ago. For this mine, life began in the 1800’s. By 1897, at its height, this mine employed 429 people. If you compare that with Penarth...

An amazing place to explore with two main areas, one above ground in the old slate workshop and the other inside a mine. The locations are part of the Talwaenydd quarry which covers a large area however the most interesting section is located in the East section around 2km North East of Blaenau...

So I think for my first post, i'll get straight to the meat and potatoes and write about both "mine" (see what i did there? ;) lol) and my missus's Explore down to Maenofferen Slate Mine in Blaenau-Ffestiniog, North Wales. What began as a celebratory day out for me entering my new career...

I won’t go into the History or a write up of events because @EOA has done a great job with all of that in his thread here: https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/maenofferen-slate-mine-blaenau-ffestiniog-november-2017.t110676#post-1187607 It was my first time down a mine. It was bloody amazing. We...

An amazing day exploring the overground and underground workings of Maenofferen Quarry with @albino-jay, @monk and monk's daughter. Ze History This place is absolutely massive. The men of nearby Diphwys and later the Maenofferen Slate Quarry Company did not fuck about. As with many of the...

Having moved into the area this was top of my list to check out, we did a flying visit earlier in the year but wanted to come back and explore underground some more as we was short on time before. ive done quite abit of underground stuff over the years but this has to be in my top five, the...

This is my second visit here. The first time I never got to see the main underground works. This time I did. 6 hours of practically non stop hiking underground with Trancentral really took it out of me but it was well worth it. Breif history from Wikipedia We didn't waste much time in the...

This was a visit that was planned for a whole ruck of us, but for all sorts of reasons it ended up with just me and Trancentral, but it is always good to see this place regardless of numbers and we ended p in the pub...its the code :) The visit I have been here more than a few times and it is...