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Cefn Spar Mine

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 102898
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Cilcain
Unitary authority : Flintshire
NGR : SJ18706650
Site Type (preferred type first) : MODERN MINING INDUSTRY SITE

Description :
Spar (20th century)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
A line of at least five small shafts run in a north-east to south-west direction through the woods. A deep stone-lined shaft is fenced off at SJ18786656.

Older workings for lead followed an east to west vein westwards from Coed-du Hall.

Evidence remains of the modern spar mining in the form of a gated incline adit level; the track beds of the incline are still in situ and run uphill to a platform area and a corrugated workman's hut. The ruins of the stone-built loading hopper remain and its crude corrugated ore shute, which descends westwards via a revetment wall. The concrete base adjacent to the hut presumably housed the winding gear.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
No evidence.

Processing
No evidence.

Other features
No evidence.

Sources :
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1993 , Site visit record - PRN102898

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Related records
CPAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 102898

Compiled date : 31-12-1982


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April 20, 2025, 1:11 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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