Bryn Eglwys


Slate Mine
Worked from early 19C to 1952

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot

Sep 10th, 2025 by BertyBasset



The remains of Bryn Eglwys quarry on the Talyllyn Railway
North Wales
Abergynolwyn
52.6333313, -3.9313891
SH 6939 0571
Private Land
230m
#1,012


Large quarry with extensive underground workings. Surface features mostly lost in forestry.***



Access Agreement between CAL and NRW/WG was terminated in 2022. Documentation for this lapsed agreement available here
https://buddlepit.co.uk/mine-explorer/Library/Library.html?doc=20969



Publications (31)

  • (1987); WMS Newsletter Issue 17 Dec; 5 pages
  • (1988); CATMHS - Trip Report Easter - Easter Wales Meet; 2 pages
  • (1988); CATMHS - Trip Report Easter2 - Easter Wales Meet2; 2 pages
  • (1995); CATMHS - Newsletter 041-January; 33 pages
  • (1995); CATMHS - Newsletter 043-July; 48 pages
  • (2000); WMS Newsletter Issue 43 Oct; 16 pages
  • (2001); CATMHS - Newsletter 063-April; 39 pages
  • (2001); WMS Newsletter Issue 44 Apr; 10 pages
  • (2002); CATMHS - Newsletter 068-July; 23 pages
  • (2002); WMS Newsletter Issue 47 Oct; 28 pages
  • (2003); CATMHS - Newsletter 071-May; 29 pages
  • (2003); CATMHS - Newsletter 073-November; 26 pages
  • (2004); WMS Newsletter Issue 50 Spring; 40 pages
  • (2004); WMS Newsletter Issue 51 Winter; 32 pages
  • (2005); CATMHS - Newsletter 078-February; 34 pages
  • (2005); WMS Newsletter Issue 52 Spring; 28 pages
  • Anon; Bryneglwys Plan; 1 pages
  • France, Stuart (2015); Bryneglwys Risk Assesment; 8 pages
  • Gwyn, David, (2015); Welsh Slate: archaeology and history of an industry; Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales; 9781871184518
  • Holmes, Alan (1986); Slates from Abergynolwyn
  • Hughes, Simon J.S. (2006); Miner's Lot, The - Version 2; 13 pages
  • Jarratt, Tony (1974); Logbook 1; 105 pages
  • Jarratt, Tony (1988); Logbook 3; 153 pages
  • le Neve Foster, C. (1896); Mines & Quarries Report-North Wales; 57 pages
  • Lindsay, Jean (1974); History of the North Wales Slate Industry; David & Charles; pp.308-309; ISBN 0-71536-264-X
  • M.Loyd?; Bryneglwys Quarries; 1 pages
  • NMRS; Newsletter Aug/1997; p.2
  • 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; 0863815586
  • Richards, Alun John, (2002); Fragments of Mine & Mill in Wales; p.118 ; Gwasg Carreg Gwalch; 0863818129


The remains of Bryn Eglwys quarry on the Talyllyn Railway



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