Cornel


Slate and Hone Quarry

Jan 1st, 2024 from GWSI by Buddle-Bot

Nov 20th, 2025 by BertyBasset



May 1975 - Old quarry, near Cornel.
North Wales
Llyn Crafnant
53.1257629, -3.8753929
SH 7461 6038
Private Land
220m
#1,348


Pit. Former office is now a dwelling.*

Worked down to the level of the collapsed access tunnel. Several structures remain: the base for the oil engine is still present on the site. The weigh house has survived and has since been rebuilt.



Unnamed Hillside Quarry
History ⛰️
This operation was a small hillside quarry where working proceeded progressively downward, eventually forming a pit. The site possessed a small mill where processing took place. Notably, in the early 1920s, the mill was equipped with an oil-engine powered diamond saw, indicating a degree of mechanisation in its later years. Transport of the finished slate was accomplished by cart down the valley. There is also a suggestion that some of the raw output may have been taken to Hafod Arthen for conversion into hone stones.


Publications (1)

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


May 1975 - Old quarry, near Cornel.May 1975 - Old quarry, near Cornel.



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