Dorothea Quarry Tip
Dorothea Quarry Tip is a landfill in Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, Wales. Dorothea Quarry Tip is situated nearby to the quarry Cloddfa’r Lon Twll Ballast, as well as near South Dorothea Slate Quarry.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dorothea quarry and Llyn Nantlle Uchaf.
Dorothea quarry
Quarry
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Dorothea quarry is a disused slate quarry in the Nantlle Valley area in North Wales. It covers a large area near the village of Talysarn and contains three flooded deep lakes. Dorothea quarry is situated 980 feet northwest of Dorothea Quarry Tip.
Llyn Nantlle Uchaf
Lake
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Llyn Nantlle Uchaf is a lake in the Nantlle Valley, Gwynedd, Wales. The lake forms the foreground in Richard Wilson's painting "Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle". Llyn Nantlle Isaf no longer exists as it was drained to protect the slate works.
Ysgol Baladeulyn
School
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Ysgol Baladeulyn is a school, which is situated 1 mile east of Dorothea Quarry Tip.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nantlle and Talysarn.
Nantlle
Village
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Nantlle is a small village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the north shore of Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and is part of the community of Llanllyfni. The population was 228 in 2011 with 42% born in England.
Talysarn
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Tal-y-sarn is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales, next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog.
Y Fron
Village
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Y Fron, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of Moel Tryfan, overlooking the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, on the tail of Mynydd Mawr, with epic views of Trum Y Ddysgl and Craig Cwm Silyn.
Dorothea Quarry Tip
- Type: Landfill
- Location: Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.05355° or 53° 3′ 13″ northLongitude
-4.23767° or 4° 14′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C5Q3Q36+CWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1493703455OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=landfill
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cloddfa’r Lon Twll Ballast and South Dorothea Slate Quarry.
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