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Pantygo Mine

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18073
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Halkyn
Unitary authority : Flintshire
NGR : SJ20807010
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE / POST MEDIEVAL SILVER MINE

Description :
Lead/Silver (Early 18th-1876)

Geology
The sett worked the Pantygof Vein in Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
Little evidence remains of the later large-scale mining operations, the area having been the subject of a land reclaimation scheme in the early 1970s.

Smith (1921) records the principal shafts on the Pant-y-gof Vein as being Trustees, near Engine House, Pant-y-Gof Shaft, 200yds north-east of Engine House, Eaton's Shaft, along with two levels: Deep Level and one on Eyton's shaft.

The sett was drained by the Halkyn Deep Level Tunnel, which was commenced in 1818.

The sett was later incorporated in the DeepLevel Mines and in 1928, the mine became part of the Halkyn District United Mines Ltd.

Transport
The Halkyn District United Mines ran an underground railway from the Pen-y-bryn Shaft (SJ20307070) along the sea-level tunnel to connect the workings; the cars transported both ore and men (Richardson 1936).

Power
A large reservoir at SJ20657010 now only remains as earthworks.

Processing
A new mill was built around the Pen-y-bryn Shaft in 1932 (Richardson 1936).

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 , 1995 , Site visit record - PRN18073

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

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Compiled date : 31-12-1995


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April 19, 2025, 1:04 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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