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Maes Maelor Mine

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18115
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Llandegla
Unitary authority : Denbighshire
NGR : SJ23105370
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE

Description :
Lead (Late 19th century)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone lying deep beneath Cefn-y-fedw Sandstone.

Workings
The Maes-Maelor sett lies in the barren moorland of Llandegla, a tract of land that would not appear to carry mineral veins. The Minera Veins and the Llanarmon Veins seem to halt at the Bala/Llanelidan Fault.

Three collapsed shafts remain at SJ23105800.


Transport
No evidence.

Power
The basal layers remain of a possible small engine house, approx 2m x 6m, could have housed a horizontal engine.

The chimney truncated at 6m is a prominent landmark on the open moorland. It stands on a base approx 2m square. A brick-lined flue leaves the chimney on its north side.

A level was driven in to the mountainside some 20m below and to the north-east of the shafts (Pratt 1982).

Processing
No evidence.

Other features
No evidence.

Sources :
Bull, D E , 2002 , Tir Gofal Management Plan: Heritage Management Information (HE1). Derwydd, Llanfihangel - NE/05/2897
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1995 , Site visit record - PRN18115
Matthias, K & Pratt, D (eds) , 1987 , Lead Mines at Maes Maelor and Hafod Bilston, Llandegla , Clwyd Historian/Hanes Bro Clwyd : 19 : 31

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Compiled date : 31-12-1995


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