NPRN400672
Map ReferenceSH55NE
Grid ReferenceSH5602559928
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityLlanberis
Type Of SiteSLATE QUARRY
Period18th Century, 19th Century
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Description
Bwlch-y-Groes is a small open quarry which operated in the 18th century and was revived during 1870s. Taken over by Cefn-du in 1886. Product carried by tramway to the head of the Ffridd incline. The site remains consist of a surprisingly large pit with rubbish runs, a very degraded tramway formation and ruins of a barrack building to the west.

Richards, A. 1999. The Slate Regions of North and Mid Wales. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
RCAHMW AP945131/51
RCAHMW, 2009