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Old Magazine, Cwmorthin Slate Quarry
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NPRN
408413
Map Reference
SH64NE
Grid Reference
SH6779946385
Unitary (Local) Authority
Gwynedd
Old County
Merioneth
Community
Ffestiniog
Type Of Site
MAGAZINE
Period
Post Medieval
Description
This building for the storage of blasting powder probably dates from the 1860s when the Cwm-orthin Slate Company enlarged and mechanised the quarry. Its ruins remain close to the lake shore.
W J Crompton, RCAHMW, 17 December 2008.