Bwlch y Groes


Slate Quarry
Worked from 1970s

Jan 1st, 2024 from GWSI by Buddle-Bot

Nov 19th, 2025 by BertyBasset



 Bwlch y Groes Quarry from Cefn Du
North Wales
Cefn Du
53.1180878, -4.1498065
SH 5622 6004
Open Access
290m
#1,247


Small pit with barracks nearby and bandly degraded tramway formation.*



The quarry was a small open working active from the eighteenth century and was expanded during the 1870s. It was taken over by Cefn Du in 1886, with slate carried by tramway to the head of the Ffridd incline. Output was modest, only a few hundred tons per year.


Publications (1)

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


 Bwlch y Groes Quarry from Cefn DuBwlch y Groes Quarry



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