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Report - Ratgoed Slate Mine - Mid Wales - March 2018

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Lenston

Bajo Tierra
Regular User
Visited with The Kwan on a rainy Saturday, some lovely bits left in the area and we missed quite a bit so theres always an excuse for a return visit.

Cheers for the great company as always Paul, probably should have taken more underground shots but was nice to just to have a chilled mooch about..

Some History

The name Ratgoed derives from “Yr Allt Goed”, which means the steep, wooded hillside. Ratgoed mine was also sometimes known as “Alltgoed”. The Ratgoed slate workings lie at the head of what was originally called Cwm Ceiswyr but became known as Cwm Ratgoed because of the quarry. It lies north of Aberllefenni and northwest of Corris in, what is now, the Dyfi Forest.

The slate that was quarried at Ratgoed was the Narrow Vein. This runs from south of Tywyn, on the coast, to Dinas Mawddwy about 18 miles inland and follows the line of the Bala Fault. The Narrow Vein was worked along its length at places such as Bryneglwys near Abergynolwyn; Gaewern & Braich Goch at Corris, Foel Grochan at Aberllefenni and Minllyn at Dinas Mawddwy. The slate at Ratgoed dips at 70° to the southeast, the same as Foel Grochan.

Ratgoed was a relatively small working, it was worked from around 1840 until its closure in 1946.

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Thanks for looking
 
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The Kwan

28DL Regular User
Regular User
Why dont my pictures look like yours these colours are spot on and the creative tree shots and waterfall work nicely, what a place :) Thanks for a cool trip out Lenny ma boy :thumb
 

EOA

Exploring with Bob
28DL Full Member
Cracking set of snaps. Looks like an awesome mine, too. And I especially like the way in for some reason...
 

The Kwan

28DL Regular User
Regular User
Great photos lenny and good to see Paul out with the camera again
It was nice to use my camera Mike AND it made it home in one piece, not like Mr oops butterfingers Lavinos Nikon :D and guess what..that effing camera van was parked in the same place as last time, seems like his regular weekend spot now...hope the driving awareness course was not to boring!
 

Lavino

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28DL Full Member
@The Kwan yeah done the course and what a load of bollocks they are. I bet he catches loads there sneaky little bastard. Hope your well Paul and see you soon.
 
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