Wednesday 11 December 2013

Dungeonscapes: Penrhyn Quarry










Mordor (Lord of the Rings)

Caves of Chaos (Keep on the Borderlands)


Penrhyn Quarry, Wales, site of one of the largest open-cast slate mines in the world open since Victorian times, when over 3000 men worked the pit, Also the site of one of the longest running labour disputes in British history, over 11 years. My first ever wargaming scenery was 2 fist-sized lumps of Penrhyn slate with felt glued to the bottom,  nicked from near the site whilst on holiday, and now lost in the mists of time.

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