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...south of the former Dorothea Slate Quarry. Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) looms in... (more)

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...as viewed from the north east. The quarry closed around 1970 and the water... (more)

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The former South Dorothea Slate Quarry.

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The 1913 OS 25-inch map shows an anazing aount of activity around the quarry... (more)

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On the 'Gorge Trail' at the Welsh Wildlife Centre. For information... (more)

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

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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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A disused and flooded slate working.

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

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The flooded former Cloddfa'r -coed Slate Quarry is in the foreground, which... (more)

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The former slate quarry is now open to see from a short walk from the Visitor Centre.

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

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View of this disused quarry near to the River Bladnoch. The fencing along the... (more)

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Sgorr Bhan (947m), the east peak of Beinn a' Bheithir, high above the... (more)

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This brightly-clad group lend some colour down in the depths of the disused... (more)

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This part of the abandoned slate quarry is used by climbers.

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Abandoned slate quarry

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

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

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This disused slate quarry is just off Creek Road which runs along the side of... (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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Looking up at the disused incline from the old quarry at Craig-y-Wrysgan. The... (more)

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This cascade only appears after prolonged wet weather - not unusual in July,... (more)

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Spotting the resident goldfish in the pool, Cathedral Quarry. The fish really are there.

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A rough shelter on Lingmoor, probably constructed from slate which is likely to... (more)

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Built to bring slate down from the quarry east of Moel yr Hydd, to the railway... (more)

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Looking across Great Langdale Beck towards Thrang Crag. In the mid distance is... (more)

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This open shaft is about 10m deep and connects with a level a few metres away... (more)

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Start of the path leading to Llyn Stwlan at Tan y grisiau (Tanygrisiau).

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Someone has had a 'deflating' experience here under the gigantic arch... (more)

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This is the huge, vertical wall on the right just before the connecting arch... (more)

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Finding a new use with climbers. The distant hillside gorse looks like a... (more)

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It was a filthy day outside so taking a break inside seems sensible. Their... (more)

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A group were abseiling down through the huge roof-light into the Cathedral Cavern.

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My first visit to this beam pumping engine that had drained the Dorothea Quarry.... (more)

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My first visit to this beam pumping engine that had drained the Dorothea Quarry.... (more)

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My first visit to this beam pumping engine that had drained the Dorothea Quarry.... (more)

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Photograhped from a train on the Festiniog Railway. This gravity worked incline... (more)

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