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Discarded slate strewn around the site of Rhosydd Quarry. The ruins of some of... (more)

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The quarry opened in about 1697, some five years after the infamous Glencoe... (more)

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A disused and flooded slate working.

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Rhosydd Quarry first opened in the 1840s and reached its peak of production in... (more)

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This huge opening at the base of Rainsborrow Crag is clearly visible from the... (more)

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The cottage was originally built to house the caretaker of the reservoir dam and... (more)

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Right at the furthest reaches of Longsleddale there are a number of relatively... (more)

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This disused quarry hole is quite prominent in the view from Stickle Pike. The... (more)

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Ruin of a building with a Norman-style arch at Rhosydd slate quarry. Slate was... (more)

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Cawdale Beck splits into several feeders at the head of the dale and where... (more)

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An old slate quarry flooded by an overflow from Torver Beck... (more)

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In the foreground slate from a collapsed building is cast across the ground... (more)

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The Centre for Alternative Technology is built on an old slate quarrying site.... (more)

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Looking out of the cavern entrance of NY4406 : Cauldron Quarry, Kentmere Across the valley can be seen... (more)

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A block of slate lies abandoned after being quarried. It is not clear whether... (more)

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The remains of what appears to be a blockhouse at Cwm Eigiau slate quarry.

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The ruins of some of the buildings of the former Cwm Eigiau slate quarry.

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A large block of slate lies abandoned after being quarried. See Kim... (more)

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"The Ballachulish quarriers are said to be the best blasters of rock in... (more)

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Rainsborrow Crag is the steep eastern shoulder of the parent fell, Yoke. Rock... (more)

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Just inside the entrance of NY4406 : Cauldron Quarry, Kentmere A length of bunting adds an unexpected... (more)

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Looking up at the disused incline from the old quarry at Craig-y-Wrysgan. The... (more)

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Stones thrown in gave the impression that there is a sizeable cavern. I... (more)

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Beyond the pack walling is an open level NY4608 : Slate level above Wrengill Quarry, Longsleddale with water on the floor.... (more)

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The fissured rocks of the Pike appear to have been quarried here on the steep... (more)

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The slate spoil heaps have largely grassed over and nothing much survives of the... (more)

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The Old Man is much despoiled by ancient and not-so-ancient slate workings. The... (more)

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The disused incline from the old quarry at Craig-y-Wrysgan ending at the edge of... (more)

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The ruins of a building at the Cwm Eigiau slate quarry.

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The flooded slate quarry viewed from the top of the waterfall shown in SD2795 : Banishead Quarry.

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This is one of the upper sections where a stream enters from a level in the... (more)

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Looking back towards Parrock Quarry from the old trackway over the pool. The... (more)

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This quarry is one of a number of quarries and mines in the Coppermines Valley... (more)

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A disused slate quarry which can be reached by a track from the Centre for... (more)

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A single beam of sunlight picks out the great gash of Hart Crag Quarry on the... (more)

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The waterfall at the SW end of the slate quarry, an overflow from Torver Beck... (more)

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The flooded slate quarry, which is topped up from Torver Beck by the waterfall... (more)

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This complex fold is adjacent to a smaller slate quarry above the main Wrengill... (more)

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This complex fold is adjacent to a smaller slate quarry above the main Wrengill... (more)

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A closer view of the building seen in SD2798 : Industry Around Coniston & SD2798 : Ruins under Low Water .

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Although the spoil heaps and workings are quite extensive they are fairly... (more)

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One of a group descending the west wall of the quarry.

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Slate has been tipped over a wide area around the site of Rhosydd Quarry.

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Rhosydd Quarry first began producing slate in the 1840s and reached its peak of... (more)

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The remains of upended sheets of slate which formed enclosures on the site of... (more)

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Looking towards the rear of the inner cavern of NY4406 : Cauldron Quarry, Kentmere Light from the... (more)

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A battered teapot (plastic cup inside) on a makeshift bench at NY4406 : Cauldron Quarry, Kentmere

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This large iron tank looks like some sort of pressure vessel. There is... (more)

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Black Sails and Wetherlam are in the distance.

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Long-abandoned slate quarry on The Old Man of Coniston

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