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Snowdonia Slate Trail Highlights Dorothea Quarry’s Hidden Remains

By Drooid · Oct 30, 2026 · How we work

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The writer explores the abandoned Dorothea slate quarry and notes hand-fitted stone walls.
The quarry contains railways, cottages and deep chasms overgrown with ash, birch and oak.
The Snowdonia Slate Trail spans 83 miles around the national park.
The writer hikes three days from Llanberis to Betws-y-Coed, passing Beddgelert and Llan Ffestiniog.
Near Y Fron, a lake-filled crater shows bruise-coloured water and lichen-crusted slate fences.

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The writer explores the abandoned Dorothea slate quarry and notes hand-fitted stone walls.
The quarry contains railways, cottages and deep chasms overgrown with ash, birch and oak.
The Snowdonia Slate Trail spans 83 miles around the national park.
The writer hikes three days from Llanberis to Betws-y-Coed, passing Beddgelert and Llan Ffestiniog.
Near Y Fron, a lake-filled crater shows bruise-coloured water and lichen-crusted slate fences.