Friday 30 September 2011

VAGABOND SLATE QUARRYMEN LAST STAND ON CEFN DU, Arfon, Gwynedd. A Story Still in Development.




Expansionist period 7

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Vagabond Quarrymen. For a generation following 1790 there was friction in certain areas between the old farmer‑quarrymen and the new industrial ...
Plan to walk over to the area of the Cefn Du Common Ddol Quarries and Llanberis was thwarted by flooded tracks, it had been raining heavy and so decided to turn off track and head up atop Cefn Du.


Well worth the not too difficult up hill walk, great splenid 360 views of Eryri, view below is over to Llanberis Pass. Further views will be posted on Glyndwr Ramblers blog soon:

GLYNDWR RAMBLERS

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3 Sep 2011 – GLYNDWR RAMBLERS PATHFIDER TRAILS - WALKING BACK INTO WELSH HISTORY - EXPLORING OUR HISTORICAL HERITAGE IN IT'S ...


Further Info on Cefn Du and the Vagabond Quarrymen, will have to return summer time next year with my Red Pitch Fork Flag of Course.


Slate industry in Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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These quarrymen are working at the Dinorwic Quarry, Wales, about 1910. The slate industry in Wales began during the Roman period when slate was used to roof ......Slates from Abergynolwyn: the story of Bryneglwys Slate Quarry Gwynedd ...

The History of Quarrying - The Industrial Revolution in the Slate ...

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When Assheton Smith announced his intention to survey the common of Llanddeiniolen in 1809, ... The Cilgwyn and Cefn Du Slate Company was founded. ...

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Moorland Vegetation - Cefn Du Common:: OS grid SH5360 :: Geograph ...

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14 Aug 2006 – near to Waunfawr, Gwynedd, Great Britain. Moorland Vegetation - Cefn Du Common. This area of pre-Cambrian rocks supports mainly heather and ...

Cefn Du Manuscripts

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Administrative and biographical history: Until 1928 the Cefn Du Slate Quarry, situated in the parishes of ... Previous to the formation of the Llanberis Slate Company, Cefn Duwas in the hands of a ... Quarries and quarrying | Wales | Gwynedd ...

Two of Cefn-du's many Slate Tips. Cefn-du Quarry's waste tips are ...

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20 Feb 2011 – Cook & Ddol Quarry from Cefn Du Quarry ... Images from the Geograph British Isles project; Media with locations; Quarries in Gwynedd ...

The Cefn Du Quarries viewed from Fachwen 317813 317885

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17 Feb 2011 – The Cefn Du Quarries. Several quarries, in a contiguous line up the slope of Cefn Du, ... The Cook & Ddol Quarries Magazine The magazine is located south of the Ffridd ... Quarries in Gwynedd; Views of lakes from above ...

Moel Eilio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Moel Eilio is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, that is situated approximately 3 miles north-west of Snowdon itself. It has two subsidiary tops, Foel Gron ...


Estate Maps - The Crown Estate

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No flag but I manage a radical salute, hopefully above will inspire Gwynedd Radicals to research and write up on the history of the struggle of the Vagabond Quarrymen and their 'Last Stand' on Cefn Du. Why not a memorial plaque somewhere, go on consider.


For associated history regards the Caernarfon Corn Riot, see:

PITCHFORK and PIKE

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1 Aug 2011 – PITCHFORK and PIKE. An Alternative To Cofiwn's Focus on Medieval Welsh History, this blog is in area of an HANES CYMRU GOCH - A RED ..

For Marconi and Cefn Du see next week a post in:

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1 day ago – HWB HANES CYMRU/WELSH HISTORY HUB. ALL MATTERS WELSH ...Cardiff University - Ann Griffiths Digital Website: Introduction ...

Latest on Anti Windmill Master Struggle, note Carn Du is partly Crown Estate and outside the National Park and so ripe for a Windmill Master Land Grab maybe?

CAMPAIGNS CYMRULAND & LIBERTY CAMPAIGN CYMRU 2010: 'VYRNWY MAS O ...

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Leanne Wood possibly assume resonsibiliy for organising a 'Back to the Land Campaign' and Bethan Jenkin possibly responsibe with Cymru X for organising a ...

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The Crown Estate

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Property owned by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom "in right of the Crown" - with origins dating back almost 1000 years. Official site provides detailed ...