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Cwt y Bugail quarry

The Cwt y Bugail quarry is a former slate quarry located east of in . It was first worked as a trial pit around 1840. Continuous production began in 1863 and continued until closure in 1961.
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Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: former slate quarry east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales
  • Also known as: “Cwt-y-bugail Quarry” and “Cwt-y-Bugail quarry”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blaen y Cwm quarry and Llyn Bowydd.

Quarry
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was a slate quarry located east of in . It was first worked in some time between 1813 and 1818 and sporadically after that until 1914. is situated 1,900 feet south of Cwt y Bugail quarry.

Reservoir
Photo: Vivien and Geoff Crowder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a reservoir.

Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
is a mountain in and forms part of the Moelwynion. It lies directly to the north of its parent , separated by the Graig Ddu Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cwm Penmachno and Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Village
Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village at the head of in .

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in . 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.

Village
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Cwt y Bugail quarry.

Cwt y Bugail quarry

Latitude
53.00394° or 53° 0′ 14″ north
Longitude
-3.88912° or 3° 53′ 21″ west
Open location code
9C5R2436+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 311922650
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Wiki­data ID
Q5197271
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In Other Languages

“Cwt y Bugail quarry” goes by many names.
  • Welsh: “Chwarel Cwt y Bugail”
  • Welsh: “Chwarel Cwt-y-Bugail”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cwm End Quarry and Llyn Newydd.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Cwt-y-bugail Barracks and Slate Dressing Mill.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cwt y Bugail quarry”. Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.