Chwarel Fawr Quarry
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Chwarel Fawr Quarry
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 22 Jan 2007
This is one of the oldest quarries in the district. Its mill dates back to the 1830s. In later times it was worked in tandem with Allt Ddu Quarry. Up to the 1960s Chwarel Fawr was a deep flooded pit next to the main road which had been diverted to go round it. In the 1980s the whole site was landscaped with the waste tips being fed into the pit and the diverted main road, now straightened, runs across where the pit used to be.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.133009
Longitude
-4.110369