IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Dinorwic, CAERNARFON, LL55 3ES
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to LL55 3ES by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (24 Images Found)
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Chwarel Fawr Quarry
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.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 22 Jan 2007
0.05 miles
2
Telephone box
Telephone box Dinorwig Gwynedd.
Image: © Keith Evans
Taken: 29 Oct 2008
0.06 miles
3
Sheep gathered into the yard of Fferm Bryn Eilian
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 22 Jan 2007
0.09 miles
4
The site of Chwarel Fawr seen from Lon Garret
This Chwarel Fawr, not to be confused with the Chwarel Fawr on Cefn Du Image, was part of the Dinorwig Quarries group and shared processing facilities with Allt Ddu Quarry. In the late 1970s, the area was reclaimed, the pit filled in and the tips levelled and grassed. The road was also straightened, previously it curved round the pit. The reclaimed area has a distinctive yellowish hue.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 23 Dec 2006
0.10 miles
5
Gorlanwen and the landscaped upper part of Chwarel Fawr Quarry
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 22 Jan 2007
0.11 miles
6
Aelwyd-uchaf a former small-holding
The small stone wall divided plots were until the 1960s the land of Aelwyd-uchaf small-holding. Located at 1200ft above sea level such units were marginal both climatically and economically.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 22 Jan 2007
0.11 miles
7
A boulder field between Lon Garret and the site of the former Chwarel Fawr Quarry
Chwarel Fawr is the yellowish coloured area either side of the main road.
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Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 23 Dec 2006
0.11 miles
9
Houses along the main road between Chwarel Fawr and Chwarel Allt-ddu Quarries
This photo is taken from the landscaped former waste runs of Chwarel Fawr. Allt-ddu Quarry, also comprehensively landscaped, begins beyond the last house. The huge waste runs in the background belong to the massive Dinorwig Quarry.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 22 Jan 2007
0.15 miles
10
Dinorwig
This photograph shows part of the former slate quarrying village of Dinorwig. Since the closure of the quarry, many of the houses have been purchased by outsiders, some for use as holiday homes, and most have undergone a programme of renovation. The house in the foreground is Ty Newydd. Two of the three places of worship, Capel Dinorwig (Calv.Meth.) (middleground), and Y Santes Fair (Church in Wales), (background, left) have been converted into dwellings. Sardis, Wales' highest chapel, (skyline, right), is still used for services.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 16 Dec 2006
0.16 miles