The owners of a 19th-century Caithness mill are holding a topping out ceremony to celebrate a renovation that is bringing new ...

Dinorwig slate quarries gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2018 The slate quarries ... for both the participant and the parent/carer. This Welsh 3,000s challenge is one of the best and most ...

The UK bid said, as well as the international demand for Welsh slate, between 1780 and 1940 the area of Gwynedd was also home to a number of "ingenious developments in quarrying and stone ...

Welsh slate was in demand not only in Britain but North America and mainland Europe as industrialisation and populations across the world gathered pace. Many new quarries opened or expanded to ...

Campaigners say that the Welsh names of north Wales' quarries are being eradicated Areas of slate quarries in Wales are being stripped of their traditional Welsh names and replaced with English ...