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Slate at Rhosydd Quarry
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SH6646
Discarded slate strewn around the site of Rhosydd Quarry. The ruins of some of... (more)
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Ballachulish slate quarry
by kim traynor
geograph for square NN0858
The quarry opened in about 1697, some five years after the infamous Glencoe... (more)
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Banishead Quarry
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD2795
A disused and flooded slate working.
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Ruins of Rhosydd Quarry
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SH6646
Rhosydd Quarry first opened in the 1840s and reached its peak of production in... (more)
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Cauldron Quarry, Kentmere
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY4406
This huge opening at the base of Rainsborrow Crag is clearly visible from the... (more)
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Steel Rigg Quarry and Reservoir Cottage, Kentmere
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY4407
The cottage was originally built to house the caretaker of the reservoir dam and... (more)
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Disused slate workings, Brownhowe Bottom
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY4808
Right at the furthest reaches of Longsleddale there are a number of relatively... (more)
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One of the Stainton Ground slate quarries
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD2293
This disused quarry hole is quite prominent in the view from Stickle Pike. The... (more)
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Ruins at Rhosydd Quarry
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SH6646
Ruin of a building with a Norman-style arch at Rhosydd slate quarry. Slate was... (more)
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Abandoned slate workings, Cawdale
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY4717
Cawdale Beck splits into several feeders at the head of the dale and where... (more)
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Banishead Quarry
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD2796
An old slate quarry flooded by an overflow from Torver Beck... (more)
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Ruins of Rhosydd Quarry
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SH6646
In the foreground slate from a collapsed building is cast across the ground... (more)
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Llwyn Gwern Quarry
by Des Blenkinsopp
geograph for square SH7504
The Centre for Alternative Technology is built on an old slate quarrying site.... (more)
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Looking out of Cauldron Quarry, Kentmere
by Karl and Ali
for square NY4407
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Ballachulish slate quarry
by Ian Taylor
for square NN0858
A block of slate lies abandoned after being quarried. It is not clear whether... (more)
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Ruins at Cwm Eigiau slate quarry
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SH7063
The remains of what appears to be a blockhouse at Cwm Eigiau slate quarry.
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Cwm Eigiau slate quarry
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SH7063
The ruins of some of the buildings of the former Cwm Eigiau slate quarry.
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Ballachulish slate quarry
by Ian Taylor
for square NN0858
A large block of slate lies abandoned after being quarried.
See Kim... (more)
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Ballachulish slate quarry
by kim traynor
geograph for square NN0858
"The Ballachulish quarriers are said to be the best blasters of rock in... (more)
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Spoil heaps, Cove Quarries, Old Man of Coniston
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD2797
The Old Man is much despoiled by ancient and not-so-ancient slate workings. The... (more)
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Rainsborrow Crag
by Karl and Ali
for square NY4406
Rainsborrow Crag is the steep eastern shoulder of the parent fell, Yoke. Rock... (more)
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Inside Cauldron Quarry, Kentmere
by Karl and Ali
for square NY4406
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Disused incline at Tan y grisiau
by Jeff Buck
geograph for square SH6745
Looking up at the disused incline from the old quarry at Craig-y-Wrysgan.
The... (more)
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Slate level above Wrengill Quarry, Longsleddale
by Karl and Ali
for square NY4608
Stones thrown in gave the impression that there is a sizeable cavern. I... (more)
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Slate workings above Wrengill Quarry, Longsleddale
by Karl and Ali
for square NY4608
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Rock flake on Stickle Pike
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD2192
The fissured rocks of the Pike appear to have been quarried here on the steep... (more)
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Ruined buildings, Commonwood slate quarries, Duddon Valley
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square SD2094
The slate spoil heaps have largely grassed over and nothing much survives of the... (more)
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Disused incline at Tan y grisiau
by Jeff Buck
geograph for square SH6745
The disused incline from the old quarry at Craig-y-Wrysgan ending at the edge of... (more)
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Ruins at Cwm Eigiau slate quarry
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SH7063
The ruins of a building at the Cwm Eigiau slate quarry.
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Banishead Quarry
by Ian Taylor
geograph for square SD2795
The waterfall at the SW end of the slate quarry, an overflow from Torver Beck... (more)
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Banishead Quarry
by Ian Taylor
geograph for square SD2796
The flooded slate quarry, which is topped up from Torver Beck by the waterfall... (more)
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Banishead Quarry
by Ian Taylor
geograph for square SD2795
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Wrengill Quarry, Longsleddale
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY4708
This is one of the upper sections where a stream enters from a level in the... (more)
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Under the big arch at Hodge Close Quarry
by Karl and Ali
for square NY3101
Looking back towards Parrock Quarry from the old trackway over the pool. The... (more)
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Dormant slate Quarry
by Graham Robson
geograph for square SD2798
This quarry is one of a number of quarries and mines in the Coppermines Valley... (more)
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Llwyn Gwern Quarry 2
by Des Blenkinsopp
geograph for square SH7504
A disused slate quarry which can be reached by a track from the Centre for... (more)
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Spotlight on Hart Crag Quarry, Kentmere
by Karl and Ali
for square NY4508
A single beam of sunlight picks out the great gash of Hart Crag Quarry on the... (more)
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Sheepfold above Wren Gill, Longsleddale (2)
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY4608
This complex fold is adjacent to a smaller slate quarry above the main Wrengill... (more)
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Sheepfold above Wren Gill, Longsleddale
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY4608
This complex fold is adjacent to a smaller slate quarry above the main Wrengill... (more)
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Ruined slate quarry building
by Ian Taylor
geograph for square SD2798
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Walna Scar Quarries
by Karl and Ali
for square SD2495
Although the spoil heaps and workings are quite extensive they are fairly... (more)
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Abseiling into Hodge Close Quarry
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY3101
One of a group descending the west wall of the quarry.
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Remains of Rhosydd Quarry
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SH6646
Rhosydd Quarry first began producing slate in the 1840s and reached its peak of... (more)
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Rhosydd Quarry
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SH6646
The remains of upended sheets of slate which formed enclosures on the site of... (more)
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Inside Cauldron Quarry, Kentmere
by Karl and Ali
for square NY4406
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'Anyone for tea?' at Cauldron Quarry, Kentmere
by Karl and Ali
for square NY4406
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Abandoned iron tank, Wrengill Quarry
by Karl and Ali
for square NY4708
This large iron tank looks like some sort of pressure vessel. There is... (more)
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Ruined slate quarry buildings
by Ian Taylor
geograph for square SD2798
Black Sails and Wetherlam are in the distance.
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Coniston Quarry
by Richard Croft
geograph for square SD2798
Long-abandoned slate quarry on The Old Man of Coniston
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Wet weather waterfall, Parrock Quarry
by Karl and Ali
geograph for square NY3101
This cascade only appears after prolonged wet weather - not unusual in July,... (more)
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