St Mary's Church Betws-y-Coed

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Location of Geological Feature

Slaty, slabs of fine grained, cleaved siltstone used in the construction of the church. 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 0AA

Building architect

Paley & Austin

Date of build

1873

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Stone identified by Ruth Siddall

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More stone at St Mary's Church Betws-y-Coed

• Kinnerton Sandstone
• Tuff

Nearby

The closest other recorded buildings.

• Water TroughCornish Granite60 m · about 1 min walk
• Post Office/Londis StoreTuff60 m · about 1 min walk
• Gwydyr HotelTuff130 m · about 2 min walk
• Artworks 2 GalleryHafod Las Slate170 m · about 3 min walk
• Betws-y-Coed StationDolerite180 m · about 3 min walk
• Carlton HouseHafod Las Slate310 m · about 5 min walk