free hit counter
Ratgoed Slate Mine - Mid Wales - March 2018 | Oblivion State Urban Exploration

Post a thread

Post a thread in one of the forums

Browse the forums

Browse threads and contribute to reports

Contact Staff

Contact the team

Ratgoed Slate Mine - Mid Wales - March 2018

Lenston

OS Full member
OS Full member
Joined
Jun 5, 2014
Messages
1,668
Reaction score
637
Points
113
Location
Wales
Visited with The Kwan on a rainy Saturday, some lovely bits left in the area and we missed quite a bit so theres always an excuse for a return visit.​

 ​

Some History

 ​

The name Ratgoed derives from “Yr Allt Goed”, which means the steep, wooded hillside. Ratgoed mine was also sometimes known as “Alltgoed”. The Ratgoed slate workings lie at the head of what was originally called Cwm Ceiswyr but became known as Cwm Ratgoed because of the quarry. It lies north of Aberllefenni and northwest of Corris in, what is now, the Dyfi Forest.​

 ​

The slate that was quarried at Ratgoed was the Narrow Vein. This runs from south of Tywyn, on the coast, to Dinas Mawddwy about 18 miles inland and follows the line of the Bala Fault. The Narrow Vein was worked along its length at places such as Bryneglwys near Abergynolwyn; Gaewern & Braich Goch at Corris, Foel Grochan at Aberllefenni and Minllyn at Dinas Mawddwy. The slate at Ratgoed dips at 70° to the southeast, the same as Foel Grochan.​

 ​

Ratgoed was a relatively small working, it was worked from around 1840 until its closure in 1946.​

 ​

Pics

 ​

[
25956055437_26b8a59cde_c.jpg

 ​

[
25956053957_afee9f7d47_c.jpg

 ​

25956052917_97cda3072a_c.jpg

Le Kwan​

25956052007_9ec5748965_c.jpg

 ​

39932826875_9d59300b91_c.jpg

 ​

39932825795_b62a365c47_c.jpg

 ​

26957751468_9a737d5910_c.jpg

 ​

26957750428_0bb8ed4c28_c.jpg

 ​

26957749758_c3dd8de96d_c.jpg

 ​

26957749178_e4e6d15eb5_c.jpg

 ​

26957748588_4215d6b232_c.jpg

 ​

26957747828_6379eef05f_c.jpg

 ​

39017500380_51231e423c_c.jpg

 ​

Thanks for looking​
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Top