Croesor Bach


Slate Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from GWSI by Buddle-Bot

Nov 22nd, 2025 by BertyBasset



North Wales
Croesor
52.9867477, -4.0318666
SH 6370 4520
Private Land
170m
#1,499


Small underground working. Adit collapsed.*

Ruins of the dressing sheds remain near the adit site. Slate waste is visible around Pont Sion Goch. Three trial adits lie on the hillside above the workings.



A small late-period underground working dating from around 1866–68. Operated without mechanisation, with hand dressing carried out in shelters beside the adit. Employed about 12 men, though annual output was only around 40 tons. Finished material was taken out by cart track to the Croesor Tramway at Pont Sion Goch.


Publications (1)

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





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