Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....25.

What remains of the miners village. It had it's own shop and school but in the end it was too expensive to have provisions etc brought up from the valley so it was deserted.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....23.

Wooden fence post.

  

Miners village in the distance.

  

Slate fence.

 

Penmachno to the miners village. 31.

Final look back at the village cottages.

Slate posts.

Quartz.

Penmachno to the miners village. 30.

Windows and doorways.

Left in a hurry and forgot the bed end!

Slowly falling down.

Fireplace.

Penmachno to the miners village. 29.

View along the front of the cottages. I wonder if they were self builds!

Internal rooms.

Chimney and fireplace.

Internal rooms.

Penmachno to the miners village. 21

Slate post.

A look down on the village as I make my way to the lake.

Passing some workshop ruins.

First view of the lake.

Penmachno to the miners village. 20

Some of the village ruins close up.

The village was constructed on top of thousands of tons of waste slate.

Another slate post.