Small pit. Mostly cleared.*
Bulk removal has cleared most of the original waste tips and the main pit has been infilled. A short section at the head of the haulage incline still survives, together with a few concrete machine bases from the 1930s.
Largest of several small pits in the area and worked mainly in the 1870s and 1880s, using a table incline that began as a water-balance system and was probably later converted to steam winding. It was revived in the 1890s with a new mill powered by an internal combustion engine, then saw a short final phase in the 1930s when sawing took place in a temporary shed, before closing for good in 1935.
Publications (4)
- Gwyn, David, (2015); Welsh Slate: archaeology and history of an industry; Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales; 9781871184518
- Richards, Alun J. (2013); Slate Quarrying in Wales; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch; ISBN 1-84527-026-6
- Richards, Alun John (1991); Gazeteer of the Welsh Slate Industry, A; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 978-0863811968
- Richards, Alun John, (1999); The Slate Regions of North and Mid Wales and their Railways; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch; 0863816052
