Melynllyn


Hone Quarry
Worked from 1897 to 1908

Jan 1st, 2024 from GWSI by Buddle-Bot

Sep 14th, 2025 by BertyBasset



May 1975 - Melynllyn. Looking S.
North Wales
Dolgarrog
53.1699104, -3.9387732
SH 7050 6540
Private Land
670m
#1,318


Small ‘hone’ quarry and mill shown on Ordnance Survey mapping with two adits. Outline of the water-powered mill and tramway can be seen.



Machinery from the mill was removed to Penrhiw in 1908



CRoW land


Publications (5)

  • Gwyn, David, (2015); Welsh Slate: archaeology and history of an industry; Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales; 9781871184518
  • Richards, Alun J. (2013); Slate Quarrying in Wales; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch; ISBN 1-84527-026-6
  • Richards, Alun John (1991); Gazeteer of the Welsh Slate Industry; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 978-0863811968; p. 104.
  • Richards, Alun John, (1999); The Slate Regions of North and Mid Wales and their Railways; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch; 0863815888
  • Richards, Alun John, (2002); Fragments of Mine & Mill in Wales; p.66 ; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch; 0863818129


May 1975 - Melynllyn. Looking S.



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