Brynmawr


Slate Quarry
Worked from 1860s to 1880s

Jan 1st, 2024 from GWSI by Buddle-Bot

Nov 19th, 2025 by BertyBasset



Bryn Mawr Quarry
North Wales
Cefn Du
53.1128502, -4.1600137
SH 5552 5948
Open Access
400m
#1,245


Small open workings.*

Very little survives, with only the pit itself clearly visible. Traces of a short access or drainage tunnel remain, along with scattered rubbish runs. The former tramway formation can still be discerned, marking the route used to move slate to the Ffridd incline.



The quarry was a small open pit worked intermittently during the 1860s and 1880s, later taken over by Cefn Du in 1886. Steam power was used for pumping water and hauling slate within the pit. Product was carried by tramway to the head of the Ffridd incline, but output was modest at only a few hundred tons per year, with one hundred and sixty tons recorded in 1883.


Publications (1)

  • Richards, Alun John (1991); Gazeteer of the Welsh Slate Industry, A; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 978-0863811968


Bryn Mawr Quarry



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