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Corris Uchaf (in English, Upper Corris; locally known as Top Corris or Equatorial Corris, where the sun never sets) is a village in the south of Snowdonia in the Welsh council area of Gwynedd. The name is believed to be derived from the English word "quarries", and the extensive slate quarries that surround the village are its most prominent historical feature.

The village lies in the valley of the Afon Deri, and is threaded by the A487 trunk road between Dolgellau and Machynlleth. To the south the Deri runs into the Afon Dulas in the neighbouring village of Corris.

Among the quarries that once thrived around the village are Abercwmmeiddaw and Abercorris (also known as Cwmodyn) on the east bank of the river, and Gaewern and Braichgoch on the western slopes of the valley.

A narrow-gauge horse-drawn tramway carried slate in waggons from the quarries to Maespoeth Junction, where they joined the main line of the narrow gauge Corris Railway which took the waggons onward to Machynlleth.

Misc in Corris Uchaf:
King Arthurs Labyrinth
   Corris Craft Centre
   Upper Corris
   Machynlleth
   Powys
   SY20 9RF
01654 761584

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