Hendreddu quarry

Hendreddu
Location
Map of Gwynedd showing the position of the quarry
Map of Gwynedd showing the position of the quarry
Hendreddu
Location in Gwynedd
Locationnear Aberangell
CountyMerioneth (now Gwynedd)
CountryWales, UK
Coordinates52°41′49″N 3°46′40″W / 52.696923011381976°N 3.7776537170937354°W / 52.696923011381976; -3.7776537170937354
grid reference SH 768 102
Production
ProductsSlate
TypeQuarry
History
Opened1868 (1868)
Active1868–1908
1914–1916
1920–1932
1937–1941
Closed1941 (1941)

Hendreddu quarry was a slate quarry about three miles west of Aberangell in Merioneth (now Gwynedd), North Wales, near Nant Hendreddu on the slopes of Mynydd Hendre-ddu. The quarry worked the Narrow Vein, the highest-quality slate vein in the Abercorris Group. For the majority of the quarry's existence, the Hendre Ddu Tramway was owned by the same company that owned the quarry, and the two were run as a single enterprise.