Crown


Slate Quarry

Worked from 1930s

Jan 1st, 2024 from GWSI by Buddle-Bot

Jan 1st, 2025 by BertyBasset



Crown Quarry - pit
North Wales
Y Fron
53.0770912, -4.2208099
SH 5133 5562
Open Access
340m
#1,410


Small pit accessed by a tunnel in a cutting.

Higher bench can be accessed directly. Traversing the pit on the left, there’s a low slate wall and vegetation hiding a ‘secret passage’. Not yet entered.


Publications (1)

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


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