Welsh Mines Society Cymdeithas Mwyngloddiau Cymru

As to the programme of events, this was as follows:
 

• Saturday 21^st June - Met at 11:00 a.m. at the Victoria Hall carpark in Roch behind the Victoria Inn, opposite the school, NGR SM 8715 2145 (View OS Map)  Exploration of the Newgale coalfield; mining from the late medieval to the early 20^th century, with local geological expertise on hand to explain the geological aspects of this small outlier at the extreme north-west of the main Pembrokeshire coalfield.

• Saturday Evening - Dinner at the Gellifawr Hotel. Menu  A presentation was given by Tery Evans on the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust, afetr which there was some discussion regarding the pro's and con's of merging the Trust with the WMS.

• Sunday 22^nd June - Met at 10:30 a.m. at the carpark in Rosebush.  (Turn left in front of the Old Post Office Restaurant.)NGR SN 0750 2945  (View OS Map)  Morning visit to Rosebush and Bellstone Quarries; 19^th century slate working.  (View field notes)  Lunch was available at the cafe in the village.  In the afternoon many took the option of a visit to the quarries and associated harbour at Porthgain, 9 miles west of Fishguard.  After exploring the trackbeds of the railway serving the slate quarry and the roadstone quarry and their associated remains, those of slightly sterner constitution continued along the cliff tops to the flooded slate quarry at Abereiddy.

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