View SSW over Dorothea Quarry slate workings in Dyffryn Nantlle, Wales, UK: flooded pits, waste tips, inclines, slate buttresses & pyramids etc.

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View SSW over Dorothea Quarry slate workings in Dyffryn Nantlle, Wales, UK: flooded pits, waste tips, inclines, slate buttresses, pyramids & a Cornish beam-engine tower (centre). The quarries were in use from 1829-1971. The pits, up to 500ft deep, are all flooded giving the false impression of one large pit (L). The beam-engine in the clock tower was in use pumping out water from 1906-56. The quarry was named after the wife (or daughter) of landowner Richard Garnons of the Pant Du estate. View taken from lower S slope of Mynydd y Cilgwyn. The Nantlle Valley Slate Quarry Landscape is 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: 3780px × 4961px
Location: Dorothea Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Penygroes, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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