Braich Goch


Slate Mine

Worked from 1830s?

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot



North Wales
Corris
52.6546, -3.8505
SH 7492 0793
Private Land
120m
#1,011


Large underground quarry. Area landscaped. Three adits open. No 6 adit below road over 3000’ long with chambers leads to inclines, one down into water, another up into Vane’s Level - the upper adit. Now part of show mine.*



Publications (12)

  • (1991); CATMHS - Newsletter 031-November; 31 pages
  • (1992); CATMHS - Newsletter 032-May; 37 pages
  • (1994); CATMHS - Newsletter 037-January; 29 pages
  • (1998); CATMHS - Newsletter 053-April; 27 pages
  • (2001); CATMHS - Newsletter 063-April; 39 pages
  • (2007); CATMHS - Newsletter 087-May; 40 pages
  • (2007); CATMHS - Newsletter 088-July; 32 pages
  • (2014); CATMHS - Newsletter 117-November; 32 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Braich Goch Slate Quarries; 1 pages
  • Hughes, Simon J.S. (2006); Miner's Lot, The - Version 2; 13 pages
  • le Neve Foster, C. (1896); Mines & Quarries Report-North Wales; 57 pages
  • Richards, Alun John (1991); Gazeteer of the Welsh Slate Industry, A; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 978-0863811968






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