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Groesffordd/Plasau Mine

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 103629
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Ysceifiog
Unitary authority : Flintshire
NGR : SJ16157126
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE

Description :
Lead (19th century)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
Workings in the vicinity of Groesffordd Farm could relate to the Plasau mine (Smith 1921) which was one mile east of Ysceifiog and operating in the 1840s.

A single shaft lies in the field to the west of the farm at SJ161571340. Two shafts lie in overgrown woodland at SJ16137121 and SJ16157126 to the south of the road that passes the farm.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
No evidence.

Processing
No evidence.

Other features
The stone cattle shed adjacent to shaft SJ16157126 could have been adapted from the surviving walls of a mine related structure.

Sources :
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1993 , Site visit record - PRN103629

Events :

Related records

Compiled date : 30-06-1985


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April 20, 2025, 12:05 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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