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Pantasaph/St David's/Lord Hill/Hopewell Mine

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18151
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Whitford
Unitary authority : Flintshire
NGR : SJ16307600
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE / POST MEDIEVAL SILVER MINE

Description :
Lead/Silver (Mid-19th century-1882)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone with chert beds.

Workings
Several small companies worked the shafts that surrounded St David's Monastery and St Clare's Convent known collectively as Pantasaph.

The Milwr Vein cuts the northern edge of the monastery grounds and was worked by the St David's Mining Co from 1874-1882. To the north of these workings, the Lord Hill Mining Co made returns for 1853 and the Hopewell Mining Company operated from 1855-1865. The Prince David Company made returns for the south-west of the Monastery 1891-1903.

Little evidence remains of the shafts around the northern perimeter of the monastery or of those further north and to the west of Mwdwl-eithin Farm in the fields south of Carmel.

The larger shaft mounds to the north of the monastery grounds can be identified at SJ16117617, SJ16257615, and SJ16227625, being to the south of the road as it turns towards Carmel. These shafts are on the Hopewell (PRN 18106) and Lord Hill (PRN 18114) sett.

To the west of the monastery on the St David and Prince David setts, larger shaft mounds can be identified at SJ16347596 and SJ16287594.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
No evidence.

Processing
No evidence.

Other features
No evidence.

Comments
The Capuchin Friars first settled at Pantasaph in 1865 on lands of Lord Fielding. Earlier mining activity is probably now masked by their landscaped gardens and friary buildings.

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 - PRN18151

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 20, 2025, 1:08 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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