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Home > Mines, Quarries & Sites > Cwmorthin Slate Quarry > Cwmorthin Upper Workings

Cwmorthin Upper Workings

Above the main part of the Cwmorthin workings are a number of adits which give access to small which no longer connect to the main part of the workings, in particular the later workings on Floor 4 in the North Vein.

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Floor 8 adit Inside the collapsed floor 8 adit Inside the collapsed floor 8 adit Inside the collapsed Cwmorthin floor 8 adit
Inside the collapsed Cwmorthin floor 8 adit Floor 4 back vein adit Looking towards the entrace of the floor 4 back vein adit End of the floor 4 level
Floor 4 right hand branch Collapse, chamber 5, Cwmorthin level 4 Brick wall at floor 4 adit entrance Floor 4 North Adit
Floor 8 Chamber? Cwmorthin Upper Workings (Photo ref 63302) Cwmorthin Upper Workings (Photo ref 63301) Cwmorthin Upper Workings (Photo ref 63300)
Level above main workings
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