slate mine

On our holiday last month we decided to head to north wales and wanted a little explore but the car cave was not doable as cameras everywhere and new owners were on site so we headed to the next one which originally was supposed to be Wynne slate mine but we got lost and instead came across...

Hi everyone. I would love to know where this slate mine is in Snowdonia if anyone recognises it I would really appreciate it? I just want to visit myself and will not publish it online or tell anyone else.

History For the sake of brevity, I will not go to far into the history of Honister as it is extensively covered both online and in the book I pinched the below map from. I will also be using "Honsiter" to refer to the whole complex, which includes Honsiter, Kimberly, Yew Crag and Dubs pit. But...

Hen-Ddol Slate Mine Hen-Ddol mine & Goleuwern quarry were both in operation in the 1860s The new railway, now known as the Cambrian Coast line, provided cost-effective transport from this relatively remote location. Slates were loaded onto main-line railway wagons at the nearby Ynysfaig...

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...

For those who have seen my previous partial report on the site, I'd skip the history as its pretty similar here, just with better images. Most history and reference images sourced from SCMC “Below” Journal (Issue 2020.3) History & Background Aberllefenni Quarry was the last working slate mine...

The Wynne slate mine is located on the immediate east side of Glyn Ceiriog, on the north side of Quarry Road. It was originally a hillside working dating from about 1770 and was further developed in the 1870s with underground workings developed in about 1890. In 1898 the quarry employed 64 men...

This has been covered a couple of times and while only a small slate quarry a couple of the features made it worth a look. There was some small-scale extraction of slate on this site from the 17th century, but commercial extraction began in 1857. The Cambrian Slate Company Ltd was formed to...

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...

Gaewern slate mine is a place that has been on the list for a while but seeing pictures of the place i noticed it getting worse as time went on and just kept it on the back burner until one sunny 'ol august day i headed down to Corris for the day to have a poke and see some other bits nearby...

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 Very little history on 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, linked by a tramway, as there...

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...