Gelli


Slate Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from GWSI by Buddle-Bot

Nov 22nd, 2025 by BertyBasset



North Wales
Croesor
52.9956627, -4.0323043
SH 6370 4619
Open Access
330m
#1,501


Small underground working.**

Small ruined buildings, plus a small dwelling some distance away that may have been connected with the workings. The principal surviving feature is a substantial house incorporating workshops, with a smithy in a rear lean-to. The underground workings lie on two apparently separate levels. Above and behind the main site is an adit that appears to have been only a trial. Sections of the cart track leading from the quarry remain traceable.



Compact, isolated underground working centred on a single multi-purpose building used as a barrack and workshop. Finished slate was carried out to Croesor village for transport.


Publications (1)

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





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