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Slate Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from GWSI by Buddle-Bot

Nov 23rd, 2025 by BertyBasset



North Wales
Croesor
52.9958839, -4.0233545
SH 6430 4620
Open Access
450m
#1,503


Tiny underground working located 800’ above Cwm Croesor .*

Short adit remains open. A tiny dressing area survives, which includes a double shed with a fireplace and a small stock of slates. Approximately 20 feet below this area, a substantial platform appears to have served as a stocking and loading point. The original zigzag path is still traceable, though it is now heavily eroded. Near the valley floor, close to ruined agricultural buildings, lies a large block thought to be the lower ropeway anchorage. At Deufaen, the unfinished formation—possibly an incline or slideway—survives with a sizeable loading platform at its foot



Transport of material likely relied on workers carrying it down a steep path. During the early 1870s, a crude ropeway was introduced as the operation developed


Publications (1)

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





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