You Won’t See Slate The Same Way Again

Team Skill Builder visit Trevillet Quarry to find out how those roof slates are made.

Trevillet Quarry was the largest slate quarry in Tintagel and, at its height of activity, employed 200 men.

The saw house where the slate was cut up became the Maybridge Chemical Works which relocated to Loughborough.

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