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Ashton Mine

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18002
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Brynford
Unitary authority : Flintshire
NGR : SJ17807470
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE / POST MEDIEVAL SILVER MINE

Description :
Lead/Silver (1871)

Geology
Carboniferous limestone with chert beds.

Workings
The Ashton Mine worked the Bryniau cross-course vein in the area immediately to the north-west of Capel Saron, Brynford. The site is now partly under pasture, partly occupied by housing and cut to the north-west by the A55. Evidence remains only as shaft mounds, which run in a north-easterly direction to be cut by the A55.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
No evidence.

Processing
No evidence.

Other features
No evidence.

Sources :
Britnell, W J, Martin, C H R & Hankinson, R , 2000 , Holywell Common and Halkyn Mountain: Historic Landscape Characterization ( © Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust)
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1993 , Site visit record - PRN18002

Events :
39362 : Historic Landscape Characterisation, Holywell Common and Halkyn Mountain (year : 1999-2000)

Related records

Compiled date : 31-12-1995


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May 4, 2025, 11:03 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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