- Aberllefenni
Aberllefenni is a
village in the south ofGwynedd ,Wales . It lies in the valley of theAfon Dulas .Part of the ancient county of
Merionethshire , it is the location ofFoel Grochan , a slate quarry which together withHen Chwarel andCeunant Ddu formed theAberllefenni Slate Quarry , which extracted rock frommediaeval times until the beginning of the 21st Century.The
Roman road between northern and southernRoman Wales ,Sarn Helen , probably ran through the village; the terrace of houses known as Pensarn (head of the causeway) may be a reference to it.Plas Aberllefenni was a mediaeval
manor house , but the older section was demolished in the 1960s and only a later wing is still standing.The quarry reservoir, Llyn Cob, was once known as Llyn
Owain Lawgoch , after the last male survivor of the princely house of theKingdom of Gwynedd .Aberllefenni was the terminus of the
narrow gauge Corris Railway , which carried slate from the quarries fortransshipment atMachynlleth . Aberllefenni Station (now demolished) was used as the basis for Glennock Station on the fictionalSkarloey Railway and can be seen illustrated in the book "Four Little Engines".The quarry tips appear in a rock video when
Jimmy Page andRobert Plant , formerly ofLed Zeppelin performed there with their band in the 1990s.External links
* [http://www.aditnow.co.uk/mines/Aberllefenni-Slate-Mine/ AditNow] - Photographic database of Aberllefenni Slate Mine
* [http://website.lineone.net/~dyfival1/histabercorr.htm Historical links]
* [http://www.penmorfa.com/Slate/GALLERY5.HTM Quarry photos]
* [http://www.dolgellau.net/thumbnails/aberllefenni/page2.html Photos]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3499621 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Aberllefenni and surrounding area]###@@@KEYEND@@@###
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