Grid reference SH5459
near to Waunfawr, Gwynedd, Wales
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Transmission Lines Crossing Donen Las
by Eric Jones
This is an area of tussocky grass and reeds
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Clear-fell regrowth
New recruits are growing amid the brashings of the clear-felled forest. In the background the valley of the Afon Gwyrfai can be seen near to Waunfawr.
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Planhigion ar y llechen wastraff / Plants on the waste slate
Or are those grey-green cushions lichen? On one of the slate tips at Chwarel Fawr, Cefn Du.
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An ageing notice about a potential change of land use
Relating to the proposed Glyn Rhonwy pumped storage electricity generation scheme, using quarries above Llanberis. It received some planning permissions in 2016 and 2017, but there is no sign of work taking place. See:... (more)
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Donen Las forest on Cefn Du
by Eric Jones
The image was taken from Bryn Mawr spur of Moel Eilio. The forest occupies an area of abandoned slate quarries. Beyond Cefn Du is the Arfon Plain and the Menai Strait. South West Anglesey lies on the other side of the Strait.
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Forestry road below Cefn-du
A minor road climbs from the village of Waunfawr high on to the slopes of the minor hill, Cefn-du; this image was recorded from that road where the forest road descends through a replanted coniferous plantation. Spoil heaps from the upper... (more)
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Under a Cefn Du spoil heap
The old road from Waunfawr to Llanberis is now part of the Llwybr Llechi Eryri / Snowdonia Slate Trail.
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Ruin Above Donen Las |
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Forest track
The forestry access track looks very odd when the forest has been cleared around it. Lower down in the valley are the extensive tips of the Cefn Du Quarry.
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Sheepfold, on the old Llanberis Road
Shown on a large-scale OS map surveyed in the 1880s, when the tongue of slate on the other side of the road had not yet reached it.
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A forest road in Donen Lās forest
The land that would potentially be affected by Glyn Rhonwy pumped hydro scheme.
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Cyffordd ar y domen lechi / Junction on the slate tip
Waste slate from Chwarel Fawr [Cefn Du] was dumped here off the end of each tip. The tramway on this particular tip was mapped by the OS in 1888 and 1899. It had disappeared by 1913, but the tip itself still remains.
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