Pen-yr-Orsedd quarry

Pen-yr-Orsedd
"Blondin" aerial cableways at Pen-yr-Orsedd in 2002
Location
Map of Gwynedd showing the position of the quarry
Map of Gwynedd showing the position of the quarry
Pen-yr-Orsedd
Location in Gwynedd
Locationnear Nantlle
CountyCarnarvonshire (now Gwynedd)
CountryWales, UK
Coordinates53°3′38″N 4°13′37″W / 53.06056°N 4.22694°W / 53.06056; -4.22694
SH 508 538
Production
ProductsSlate
TypeQuarry
History
Closed1979 (1979)
Tramways
History
Opened1862
Closed1979
Technical
Track gauge2 ft (610 mm);
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)

Pen-yr-Orsedd quarry was a slate quarry in the Nantlle Valley in North Wales. It was one of the last slate quarries operating in North Wales and the last operating in the Nantlle Valley area, finally closing in 1979.