Slate quarries seem to be cropping up a lot recently so here’s one from a while ago - not reported on here as far as I know, probably because there’s little to see other than holes and rocks.
This was apparently one of the first slate quarries in Wales with underground workings, and consists of a series of biggish slanted caverns ranged up the side of an escarpment.
Plenty more info on the web and here: https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/415299/details/clogwyn-y-fuwch-slate-quarry
Looking up the slope with a little mill in the foreground.
It’s a very simple place to explore - just walk up the incline visiting levels 1 through 6 (but the adits to 2 and 6 don’t go anywhere).
In terms of taking pictures, the main difficulty, apart from the haze, is to capture the scale of the place without a person in shot somewhere - the small-cow-close-up-big-cow-far-away problem.
To compensate I’ve just made the pictures of larger spaces bigger (!).
Level one which has the remains of some huts near the entrance.
Into level 3 which ends in a chamber with an opening up to the next level, seemingly used for dumping waste from above - it’s probably about 30-40 m high.
Back out, past some more building remains and up to level 4 which consists of two huge spaces, worked out up to level 5.
Entrance to level 5 and a couple of views - one down the incline and the other northwards, with wind turbines off the North Wales coast just visible on the right.
This was apparently one of the first slate quarries in Wales with underground workings, and consists of a series of biggish slanted caverns ranged up the side of an escarpment.
Plenty more info on the web and here: https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/415299/details/clogwyn-y-fuwch-slate-quarry
Looking up the slope with a little mill in the foreground.
It’s a very simple place to explore - just walk up the incline visiting levels 1 through 6 (but the adits to 2 and 6 don’t go anywhere).
In terms of taking pictures, the main difficulty, apart from the haze, is to capture the scale of the place without a person in shot somewhere - the small-cow-close-up-big-cow-far-away problem.
To compensate I’ve just made the pictures of larger spaces bigger (!).
Level one which has the remains of some huts near the entrance.
Into level 3 which ends in a chamber with an opening up to the next level, seemingly used for dumping waste from above - it’s probably about 30-40 m high.
Back out, past some more building remains and up to level 4 which consists of two huge spaces, worked out up to level 5.
Entrance to level 5 and a couple of views - one down the incline and the other northwards, with wind turbines off the North Wales coast just visible on the right.
