Dorothea Quarry (Talysarn/Nantlle, North Wales)

Description: Popular dive site. Dorothea is a flooded slate quarry located between the villages of Talysarn and Nantlle in Gwynedd, ... more

Dorothea Quarry (Talysarn/Nantlle, North Wales) ... North Wales. Slate was first extracted from the site around 1830 and the quarry was finally closed down in the 1960s. Since the pumps stopped the quarry slowly filled with water until it reached the natural water table. Dorothea has been a popular dive site ever since.

Newest Review: ... and in particular training purposes. In reality all this did was make divers even more determined to dive the site and the gate is long gone (probably at 100m down in the quarry). Getting There Finding Dorrie is the first challenge as there are no signs for the site. Take the A487 out of Caernarfon following the signs for Porthmadog. About 2 miles out of Caernarfon turn left at a roundabout ... more

... and follow the road into Penygoes. Turn left onto the B4418 and follow the road into Nantle, shortly before Nantle you will see a large lake on your right, just past the lake on the left is a row of houses, turn left along these and follow the tra...more

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Dorothea Quarry (Talysarn/Nantlle, North Wales): Going down on Dorothy (1173 words)
by - written on 21/02/06 (Very useful, 2936 readings)
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When a Force 8 wind last week wiped out our planned days diving out of Littlehampton on the south coast we were faced with an all too familiar choice for UK divers. With a day off work already booked do you go to an alternative inland site or stay in the pub all day. The consensus was to go to an inland dive site however no one particularly wanted to go to our usual site Stoney Cove so after a bit of debate it was decided to go to Dorothea Quarry which was my own preference as I had heard so much about the site but never had the pleasure of diving it. A Brief Diving History Located in the Snowdonia National Park, Dorothea (Dorrie for the ... Read the complete review

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