Other Slate Producing Areas in Great Britain
The most significant is that of Cornwall and Devon where the Delabole Quarry is thought to be the largest single quarry in the island. Many of these are no longer worked owing to lower costs of extraction in the larger British workings. The quarrying of slate in Cornwall is known to have been carried out from the late mediaeval period and there was a considerable export trade from some of the quarries near the coasts in the 19th century.
Slate has also been quarried at Swithland in Leicestershire and there are considerable workings in Cumbria.
During the last 500 years, much slate extraction has taken place in the Lake District at both surface quarries and underground mines. The major workings are:
- Broughton Moor
- Kirkby Moor (Burlington Slate Quarries)
- Old Man Complex (Coniston); Cove Quarries (south of Coniston Old Man)
- Elterwater Quarries
- Hodge Close
- Honister Slate Mine (including Yew Crag and Dubs)
- Kentmere Workings
- Kirkby Moor (Burlington Slate Quarries)
- Petts, Kirkstone
- Little Langdale Quarries
- Skiddaw Slate
- Tilberthwaite
- Common Wood, Ulpha
Slate was also quarried in Scotland.
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