Dinorwic Quarry and Anglesey Barracks.
Photographs from a recent ramble around Dinorwic Quarry and Anglesey Barracks. This former slate quarry in Snowdonia, North Wales has been designated with UNESCO World Heritage Site status in July 2021.
Photographs from a recent ramble around Dinorwic Quarry and Anglesey Barracks. This former slate quarry in Snowdonia, North Wales has been designated with UNESCO World Heritage Site status in July 2021. This huge quarry first operated in 1787 and continued until 1969. It was the second largest slate quarry in Wales, indeed in the world, after the neighbouring Penrhyn quarry near Bethesda. At its peak, Dinorwic employed more than 3,000 men and the area is littered in unused slate heaps, old rail tracks and derelict buildings. Anglesey Barracks were homes built in the 1870’s for the quarrymen who lived too far a distance to go home each night, they would stay at the barracks during the week and travel home at weekend.
