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near to Ffridd Uchaf, Gwynedd, Wales

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	The dressing ground below the quarry by David Medcalf This flat area was probably used for dressing slate before transporting it down the track to Rhyd-Ddu.
	Disused Quarry Workings by Chris Andrews
	Disused slate quarry below Yr Aran by Dave Dunford This former incline in a disused slate quarry is on the easternmost edge of the square, on the path from Rhyd-Ddu to Bwlch Cwm Llan.
	Yr Aran by Philip Halling View to Yr Aran from near the Rhyd Ddu path on the slopes of Snowdon.
	Quartz veins by Jonathan Wilkins White veins of quartz filling fractures in an outcrop of the Lower Rhyolitic Tuff. There is an abundance of silica in these volcanic rocks of acid composition, so quartz will be deposited by fluids passing through the bulk of the rock. It... (more)
	Y llwybr o'r Aran / The path from Aran by Ceri Thomas
	Ruins at Bwlch Cwm Llan Quarry by Trevor Littlewood Extensive, disused quarry workings lie to the west of Bwlch Cwm Llan; among the quarries and waste heaps there are many ruined buildings; these lie to the south of the quarry road.
	Nameless Snowdonia stream by Bill Harrison One of the numerous small streams that feed into Afon Colwyn, which flows to Beddgelert.
	A tiny waterfall at the slate mines below Yr Aran by Hansjoerg Lipp
	The Original Bwlch Cwmllan Quarry Pit by Eric Jones Linked to the mill by a tunnel this pit dates from the 1840s. Another tunnel at the far end leads to a second and larger pit.
	Disused slate quarry near Yr Aran by Dave Dunford Looking southeastwards from the path from Rhyd-Ddu to Bwlch Cwm Llan, with the Snowdon satellite Yr Aran in the background.
	Afon Colwyn tributary by David Medcalf Looking downstream from the quarry road bridge.