Cwt-y-Bugail Quarry
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Cwt-y-Bugail quarry (located at SH734469) was connected to the FR via the Rhiwbach Tramway. Prior to the building of the tramway, development had been slow, and there was talk of building a tramway down to Penmachno. In 1882 it produced 1662 tons of slate, increasing in later years to twice this much. Cwt-y-Bugail quarry closed in the 1960's.
Further information and pictures can be found on the sites of JGD and Dave Sallery and in M J T Lewis's Blaen y Cwm and Cwt y Bugail Slate Quarries (Adit Publications, 2003).
Note that the same name was later given by Alfred McAlpine to the quarry they owned and worked at Manod, previously known as Bwlch y Slaters, Bwlch Manod or "New" Manod (as opposed to the Old Manod Quarry at SH725452).