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near to Nantlle, Gwynedd, Wales

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	Chwarel Lechi Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry by Eric Jones Quarrying began here in 1816 and continued, not without interruption, until 1997. The quarry has four deep pits and slate used to be lifted from the pits using Blondins. Link
	Dorothea Slate Quarry by David Flory Building ruins at the Dorothea Slate Quarry, Nantle, Snowdonia
	Pen-y-Bryn Quarry by David Kitching The remains of the slate mill at Pen-y-Bryn quarry, surrounded by extensive waste tips and tramway trackbed.
	Scrubland amongst the quarries by David Medcalf
	Air valve marker on bridge, Nantlle by Meirion
	Cymru Rydd by Mike Parker Graffiti on the rock face alongside one of the old railway lines in the Dorothea Quarry, calling for a Free Wales.
	Derelict drumhouse at Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry by Gareth James The drumhouse was at the top of an incline that ended at the middle level of the quarry.
	Snowdonia National Park by Eirian Evans Approaching Nantlle.
	Slate quarry by David Flory Ruins at the Dorothea Slate Quarry, Nantle, Snowdonia
	Nantlle village approaching right turn for Llys Alaw by John Firth
	Derelict admin or accommodation buildings at Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry (set of 4 images) by Gareth James
	Approaching Nantlle from Talysarn by Eirian Evans Some of the villages of Dyffryn Nantlle came into being when quarrying for slate in local quarries began at the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century. The demand for these continued for a century and a half, and... (more)