Top Pic Left - View passed ruined farmstead to Gorseddau Slate Quarry.SH 5583 4478
Top Pic Right - The ‘wailing wall’ , one part of what would have become a corbelled archway to protect the horse drawn tramway
from an encroaching tip of waste.SH 5697 4541
Lower Pic Left - A view of the quarry , opened 1807 , main period of working was between 1854 and 1857.
The slate was easily accessible but of poor quality. SH 5715 4512
The quarry was developed from 1855 on 'a no expense spared' basis , but never made a profit and the venture collapsed in 1867.
Lower Pic Right - The ruined Stable and Barracks. SH 5709 4524
Other elements off this expensive venture were The Ynyspandy Slab Mill and the now ruined workers housing at Treforus.
Ref: NW 4184.85.90.92
Date: 07/04/2025
