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Post Office/Londis Store

Hafod Las Slate

  • Sedimentary
  • Siltstone/Slate
  • Ordovician

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Location of Geological Feature
Slaty, slabs of fine grained, cleaved siltstone used in the construction of the building. The stone has distinctive chisel marks.
Fossils
Trilobites (very rare!)
Rock Type
Siltstone/Slate
Geological Age
Ordovician
Quarry Location
Hafod Las, Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd, Wales
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Betws-y-Coed
Address
Holyhead Road LL24 0AB
Date of build
19th Century
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Stone identified by Ruth Siddall
Post Office/Londis Store — Hafod Las Slate
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

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