Waste tips, slate workings & two-storey barracks at south end of Llyn Cwmorthin Victorian slate quarry near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, UK.

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Waste tips, slate workings & two-storey barracks at Llyn Cwmorthin Victorian slate quarry near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, UK. These barracks at the S end of the lake are built of slate blocks. The Ffestiniog quarries & associated works are part of The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales which became the UK's 32nd UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 July 2021.

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Size: 4961px × 3635px
Location: Llyn Cwmorthin, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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