Dorothea quarry

Dorothea quarry is a disused slate quarry in the Nantlle Valley area in North . It covers a large area near the village of and contains three flooded deep lakes.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: former slate quarry near Nantlle, in Carnarvonshire, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Dorothea Quarry”, “Dorothea Quarry, Pyramids, Inclines, Mill & Winding Houses, etc”, and “Dorothea Slate Quarry”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and Ysgol Baladeulyn.

Lake
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a in the , , 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.

School
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a school, which is situated 1 mile east of Dorothea quarry.

Lake
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a lake, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Dorothea quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nantlle and Talysarn.

Village
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is a small village in the slate quarrying in , Wales. It lies on the north shore of and is part of the community of . The population was 228 in 2011 with 42% born in England.

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tal-y-sarn is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in , , next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog.

Village
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of , overlooking the , in , near and , on the tail of , with epic views of Trum Y Ddysgl and .

Dorothea quarry

Latitude
53.05551° or 53° 3′ 20″ north
Longitude
-4.24071° or 4° 14′ 27″ west
Open location code
9C5Q3Q45+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 478356884
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Wiki­data ID
Q15056739
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In Other Languages

“Dorothea quarry” goes by many names.
  • Welsh: “Chwarel Dorothea”
  • Welsh: “Dorothea Quarry, Pyramids, Inclines, Mill & Winding Houses, etc”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gallt-y-fedw Slate Quarry and Blaen-y-cae Slate Quarry.

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