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Llwyngwern Quarry
Llwyngwern Quarry in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
About
Llwyngwern Quarry is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Llwyngwern quarry (sometimes known as Glandulas quarry or Maglona quarry) was a slate quarry in Wales that opened by 1828 and continued working until about 1950. The quarry is located on the western flank of Mynydd Llwyn-gwern.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Llwyngwern was a small quarry that only briefly produced more than 2000 tons of finished slate per year. It worked a minor outcropping of slate away from the main veins quarried to the north around Corris and Aberllefenni.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.6235, -3.8404
- District
- Powys
- Parish
- Glantwymyn
- Postcode
- SY20 9AZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
- Established
- 1828
- Official site
- www.cat.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q85781862 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Llwyngwern quarry (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Llwyngwern Quarry?
- Llwyngwern Quarry is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY20 9AZ), in the parish of Glantwymyn.
- When was Llwyngwern Quarry built?
- Built or established in 1828.
- How do I get to Llwyngwern Quarry?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SY20 9AZ. It sits within the Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr parliamentary constituency.