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Llanfair Slate Caverns
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| Looking for: | Learning/Historical, Museums/Art Galleries | | Address: | Llanfair Slate Caverns
Near Harlech
Gwynedd | | Postcode: | LL46 2SA | | Kids Activity: | Indoors | | Telephone: | 01766 780 247 |
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Description
The entry to this old but
important slate mine is through the main tunnel, under the twin
arches of the crypt, and into the
lofty cathedral cavern. Remember that the tunnels and caverns
you are about to see are all man made over a 100 years ago
with only a candle for lighting.
The slate in this mine, which is found
in veins between layers of ancient Pre-Cambrian rocks, is
among the oldest
in the world. Many
industrial
towns in Britain and Ireland have the original roofs made
of Llanfair slate.
Descend Jacobs ladder and wonder through
the tunnels and chambers, and look for the old drilling holes,
and the likeness
of a human
face in the mighty no 6 cavern. As you emerge from the caverns,
you face the breathtaking view of Cardigan Bay, from the
Preseli mountains in the south to the Lleyn peninsular. Look
down at
Shell Island and the Artro estuary, and at low tide trace
the fourteen mile long natural causeway of St Patrick. |
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