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Bwlchgwyn mine

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18028
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Brymbo
Unitary authority : Wrexham
NGR : SJ26605340
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE / POST MEDIEVAL SILVER MINE

Description :
Lead/Silver (Mid-19th century)

Geology
Cefn-y-fedw Sandstone with underlying Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
The mine appears to have worked an east-west vein, being the southermost of five veins shown traversing the Bwlchgwyn area on the Brenton Symons Map of 1865 (CRO).

The 19th century returns are for the 1850-60 period only.

The 1st edition OS of 1871, shows two lead shafts on a parcel of land which lies to the west of the junction of Fronheulog Road and Wesley Road. The shaft, pool and mine buildings shown on the sett on the 1st edition map at SJ26205340 have been quarried out. They were already disused by 1899, as they do not appear on the 2nd. edition map. Grassed over spoil mounds remain in proximity to the lost structures within the perimeter of the quarry Land. The Bwlchgwyn Quarry is now disused but concrete platforms and machine mountings remain in situ to the west of the old mine sett.

To the south of Fronheulog Road, spoil tips back on to the modern housing development of Caer Efail Road.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
No evidence.

Processing
No evidence.

Other features
The smithy marked on the 1st edition OS has disappeared, but the stone walls that surrounded the plot survive.

See also PRN 104431 which may be another reference to this mine.

Sources :
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1993 , Site visit record - PRN18028

Events :

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Compiled date : 28-09-1994


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June 16, 2025, 5:41 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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