Berthlwyd


Slate Quarry
Worked from c1840 to 1873

Jan 1st, 2024 from GWSI by Buddle-Bot

Nov 22nd, 2025 by BertyBasset



North Wales
Nanmor
53.0133057, -4.0461016
SH 6283 4818
Private Land
200m
#1,490


2 level hillside quarry.

Upper level features a back-to-back dressing shed, a layout more typical of north-east Wales, and traces of another structure possibly a powder store. The lower working is cut into the base of the upper quarry and includes remains of three dressing sheds and an unfinished excavation. Old access tracks remain visible across the site. A remnant leat, probably later repurposed to power farm machinery, survives on the site. A 16th-century house, once derelict, has been award-winningly restored. A small farm cottage nearby may have provided housing for quarry workers.



A small, hand-worked hillside quarry operated on two levels. It was active around 1840 and again from 1864 to 1873, employing roughly 30 men and producing less than 200 tons annually.


Publications (1)

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





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