maenofferen slate mine

March 2025 Following my recent report from the Maenofferen Slate Mine with @Acid-reflux I thought I would share a few photos from the Cutting Mill that the mine would have once supplied. Around the turn of the 19th century, workers from Diphwys quarry began extracting slate at Maenofferen...

March 2025 Following kind guidance from @HughieD, I visited Maenofferen with @Acid-reflux. I hadn't considered it before. However, after being a middle man in a chat about it, I checked out some online photos. My interest was soon sparked, so I tagged along with Acid for a closer look. It...

First post on here. I know this has been done a few times and this isn't my first visit here, but it was a cold foggy day I was bored and wanted get a bit of content up and this is local to me. Maenofferen state mine is now a derelict site. The quarry was opened a short time after 1800 and was...

An amazing place to explore with two main areas, one above ground in the old slate workshop and the other inside a mine. The locations are part of the Talwaenydd quarry which covers a large area however the most interesting section is located in the East section around 2km North East of Blaenau...