Broad Vein Mudstone Formation, Corris

Name: Broad Vein Mudstone Formation
Address: Corris, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Corris

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The Broad Vein Mudstone Formation is an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group in Mid Wales. The rock of the formation is silty mudstone, intensely bioturbated in places. It varies in colour from a pale to a medium blue. This formation has been commercially quarried as slate in several locations along its length. The formation is between 400 metres and 560 metres thick and runs from Dinas Mawddwy south-west to Cardigan Bay at Tywyn. ()

Coordinates: 52°39'48"N, 3°50'43"W

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Corris United Kingdom

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Day trips

Broad Vein Mudstone Formation – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glyndŵr's Way, MOMA, Cadair Idris, Hughes Memorial.

5.5 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Glyndŵr's Way
140 min walk • Glyndŵr's Way is a serene and picturesque hiking trail that weaves through the rolling hills and pastoral landscapes of mid-Wales, United Kingdom. Named after Owain Glyndŵr, the legendary Welsh prince and a national hero who led a rebellion against English rule in...
4.9 miS
Theater, Art museum, Museum
MOMA, Machynlleth
127 min walk • MOMA Machynlleth or Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth is an arts centre and gallery adjacent to Y Tabernacl in Machynlleth, Powys, Wales. The Tabernacle was converted in the mid-1980s from a Wesleyan chapel into a centre for the performing arts. Since then the Museum of Modern Art has grown up alongside it, with six exhibition spaces.
3.7 miNW
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Cadair Idris, Dolgellau
94 min walk • Cader Idris is a mountain in the historic county of Meirionnydd, Wales. It lies at the southern end of the Snowdonia National Park near the town of Dolgellau.
0.7 miS
Memorial
Hughes Memorial, Corris
18 min walk • The Hughes Memorial in Corris is a memorial obelisk commemorating Alfred W Hughes, who served as a surgeon in the Second Boer War. He died of fever in South Africa in 1900. In 2013, Professor Chris Williams of Swansea University described it as one of the most important objects in Welsh history.
0.6 miS
Classes and workshops, Arts and crafts
Corris Craft Centre, Corris
17 min walk • Corris Craft Centre is a craft and leisure complex in Corris, on the A487 near Machynlleth, mid-Wales. It is sometimes referred to as King Arthur's Labyrinth, one of the attractions on the site. Celebrating 40 years in 2022.
2.8 miS
Museum
Centre for Alternative Technology, Snowdonia National Park
71 min walk • The Centre for Alternative Technology is an eco-centre in Powys, mid-Wales, dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development. CAT, despite its name, no longer concentrates its efforts exclusively on alternative technology, but provides information on all aspects of sustainable living.
2.9 miN
Lake
Llyn y Tri Greyenyn, Dolgellau
74 min walk • Llyn y Tri Greyenyn was a small lake not far from Cadair Idris in the old parish of Tal-y-llyn, Merionethshire in north Wales. It was located at the head of the valley of Cwm Rhwyddfor on the pass called Bwlch Llyn Bach between Minffordd and Cross Foxes; Llyn y Tri Greyenyn is the 'llyn bach’’ in the pass’s name.
3.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Craig Cwm Amarch, Snowdonia National Park
86 min walk • Craig Cwm Amarch is not synonymous with Craig y Cau but names the headwall of Cwm Amarch on Cadair Idris in the Snowdonia National Park, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. There seems to be some confusion over naming by people who are not local.
3.6 miNE
Hill
Mynydd Hendre-ddu, Dinas Mawddwy
92 min walk • Mynydd Hendre-ddu or Mynydd Hendreddu is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales. It is one of a line of mountains running from Mynydd Dolgoed in the north, through Mynydd Llwydiarth to Mynydd Hendre-ddu and on to Mynydd y Foel, Y Grug, Mynydd Tri-Arglwyd and Mynydd Gwyn to the south of the village of Aberangell.
3.3 miN
Hill
Mynydd Ceiswyn, Dolgellau
86 min walk • Mynydd Ceiswyn is a mountain in Wales. It is the peak south of Waun-oer in the Dyfi Hills. On the east side of the mountain is the valley of the Nant Ceiswyn, and Cwm Hengae lies to the south.
1.7 miNE
Mountain
Mynydd Cambergi, Corris
43 min walk • Mynydd Cambergi or Mynydd Cam-bergi is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales. It is a summit on a long ridge between Mynydd y Waun to the north and Foel Grochan to the east.