Gaewern


Slate Quarry
Worked from 18C

Jan 1st, 2024 from GWSI by Buddle-Bot



Gaewern - brake house
North Wales
Corris
52.660551, -3.8570004
SH 7450 0860
Private Land
210m
#1,706


Open quarries, adits and tramway.**


Publications (11)

  • (1991); CATMHS - Newsletter 031-November; 31 pages
  • (1992); CATMHS - Newsletter 032-May; 37 pages
  • (2001); CATMHS - Newsletter 063-April; 39 pages
  • BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Plan Of Quarry Near Dolgelley; 1 pages
  • Gwyn, David, (2015); Welsh Slate: archaeology and history of an industry; Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales; 9781871184518
  • Lindsay, Jean (1974); History of the North Wales Slate Industry; David & Charles; pp.319-320; ISBN 0-71536-264-X
  • Richards, Alun J. (2004); Slate Quarrying at Corris; pp.23; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch; ISBN 1-84524-068-5
  • 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; 0863815795
  • Richards, Alun John, (2002); Fragments of Mine & Mill in Wales; p.48 ; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch; 0863818129


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