Blaenau Ffestiniog
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Blaenau Ffestiniog is a town in Gwynedd, Wales. Once a slate mining centre in historic Merionethshire, it now relies heavily on tourism, drawn to the Ffestiniog Railway and Llechwedd Slate Caverns. It
St David's Church, Blaenau Ffestiniog, 2014
The Old Market Hall, 2015
Looking down towards Blaenau Ffestiniog town in summer, 2013
A view of Blaenau Ffestiniog from Graig Ddu, c. 1875; NLW3361243
Cwt y Bugail quarry
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The Cwt y Bugail quarry is a former slate quarry located east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. It was first worked as a trial pit around 1840. Continuous production began in 1863 and continued until cl
The top of a chamber in the south pit (centre), with the adit linking the north and south pits (upper right)