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From Bwlch Cwm Llan, take to a slate gully that leads to and through a wall before skimming on down across grassy slopes. The descending path is continuous, if occasionally vague, but it does come down to intercept an old tramway used by the quarry, and along which horse-drawn trams took the slate to the top of a steep incline from where they were lowered to Pont Bethania.

On reaching the tramway, the route lies to the right, but it is worth taking a few moments to turn left towards quarry buildings in front of which lies what some have mistaken as a graveyard (SH611523). It is simply a random placement of slate slabs, of uncertain origin, although it is agreeable to think they may have been placed in commemoration of those who died working the quarries.

Return along the tramway, which passes through a few rock cuttings until it reaches the top of a clear path descending to the left, reaching the route of ascent not far from Plas Cwmllan. Now all you need to do is turn right, and retrace your steps to Nantgwynant.