Archaeological sites · North Wales

Dinorwic Quarry

In or near Bethesda.

Dinorwic Quarry — large former slate quarry near Llanberis, Gwynedd, Wales and World Heritage Site.

Dinorwic Quarry is a archaeological in north. Established 1787. (Former slate quarry in north Wales.) Wikipedia notes: "Dinorwic quarry is a large former slate quarry, now home to the Welsh National Slate Museum, located between the villages of Llanberis and Dinorwig in Wales. At its height at the start of the 20th century, it was the second largest slate quarry in Wales, after the neighbouring Penrhyn quarry near Bethesda.". Coordinates 53.1231°, -4.0960°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates: 53.1231, -4.0960
Established: 1787

Sources

wikidata: Q1226688 (CC0)
wikipedia: Dinorwic quarry (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Chwarel Dinorwig World Heritage Site, from a drone 02.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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