Aberllefenni

aka Foel Grochan, Hen Chwarel, Ceunant Ddu, or Aberllefeni


Slate Mine

Worked from <1500 to 2003

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot

Feb 16th, 2025 by BertyBasset



Aberllefenni Quarry, around 1979 Author: Dan Crow
North Wales
Aberllefenni
52.6758232, -3.8229611
SH 7685 1024
Private Land
120m
#1,008


Large underground quarry working for slab. 6 or 7 underground chambers about 600’ high. Workings extend through hill emerging at pit with abandoned crane. ****



Publications (25)

  • (1990); CATMHS - Newsletter 028-December; 24 pages
  • (1991); CATMHS - Newsletter 031-November; 31 pages
  • (1991); CATMHS - Newsletter 031-November; 31 pages
  • (1992); CATMHS - Newsletter 032-May; 37 pages
  • (1993); CATMHS - Newsletter 034-April; 56 pages
  • (1994); CATMHS - Newsletter 037-January; 29 pages
  • (1994); CATMHS - Newsletter 037-January; 29 pages
  • (1995); CATMHS - Newsletter 043-July; 48 pages
  • (1996); CATMHS - Newsletter 047-August; 30 pages
  • (1997); CATMHS - Newsletter 049-March; 26 pages
  • (1998); CATMHS - Newsletter 053-April; 27 pages
  • (1999); CATMHS - Newsletter 056-February; 28 pages
  • (2001); CATMHS - Newsletter 063-April; 39 pages
  • (2002); CATMHS - Newsletter 068-July; 23 pages
  • (2005); CATMHS - Newsletter 078-February; 34 pages
  • (2017); CATMHS - Newsletter 126-February; 38 pages
  • (2017); CATMHS - Newsletter 126-February; 38 pages
  • (2017); CATMHS - Newsletter 127-May; 45 pages
  • (2020); CATMHS - Newsletter 138-February; 33 pages
  • Hughes, Simon J.S. (2006); Miner's Lot, The - Version 1; 6 pages
  • Hughes, Simon J.S. (2006); Miner's Lot, The - Version 2; 13 pages
  • Knowles, Jon (2023); Aberllefenni Slate Quarry
  • Richards, Alun John (1991); Gazeteer of the Welsh Slate Industry, A; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 978-0863811968
  • Welsh Mines Society (Aut 2010); Newsletter 63; pp. 17-23
  • Welsh Mines Society (Spr 2006); Newsletter 54; pp. 24


Aberllefenni Quarry, around 1979 Author: Dan Crow



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