Manod Quarries

Manod Quarries is a quarry in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Manod Quarries is situated nearby to Graig Ddu Slate Quarry, as well as near the peak Manod Mawr North Top.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Manod Mawr North Top and Blaen y Cwm quarry.

Manod Mawr North Top

Peak

Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.

Manod Mawr North Top is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. It lies directly to the north of its parent Manod Mawr, separated by the Graig Ddu Quarry.

The Blaen y Cwm quarry was a slate quarry located east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. It was first worked in some time between 1813 and 1818 and sporadically after that until 1914. Blaen y Cwm quarry is situated 2,800 feet north of Manod Quarries.

Manod Mawr

Peak

Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.

Manod Mawr is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. Although known as a mountain in the eastern Moelwyns, it and its sister peaks are sometimes known as the Ffestiniog hills.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manod and Cwm Penmachno.

Manod

Village

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Manod is a village, which is situated 1½ miles west of Manod Quarries.

Cwm Penmachno

Village

Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cwm Penmachno is a village at the head of Cwm Machno in North Wales. Cwm Penmachno is situated 1½ miles northeast of Manod Quarries.

Blaenau Ffestiniog

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in Wales. Blaenau Ffestiniog is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.

Manod Quarries

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.99191° or 52° 59′ 31″ north

Longitude

-3.89082° or 3° 53′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C4RX4R5+QM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 271970083

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Highlights include Graig Ddu Slate Quarry and Slate Mine.

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