Blaen-y-cae Slate Quarry
Blaen-y-cae Slate Quarry is a quarry in Llandwrog, Gwynedd, Wales. Blaen-y-cae Slate Quarry is situated nearby to the ruins Pen-ditch, as well as near Gallt-y-fedw Slate Quarry.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dorothea quarry and Llyn Nantlle Uchaf.
Dorothea quarry
Quarry
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 1,100 feet southeast of Blaen-y-cae Slate Quarry.
Llyn Nantlle Uchaf
Lake
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ysgol Baladeulyn is a school, which is situated 1¼ miles east of Blaen-y-cae Slate Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Talysarn and Nantlle.
Talysarn
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Y Fron
Village
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Blaen-y-cae Slate Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Llandwrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.05816° or 53° 3′ 29″ northLongitude
-4.24278° or 4° 14′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C5Q3Q54+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 375009636OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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