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Pantygo North/Pantygo West/Brynparade/Collossus Mine

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18153
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Halkyn
Unitary authority : Flintshire
NGR : SJ20457145
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL SILVER MINE / POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE / POST MEDIEVAL ZINC MINE

Description :
Lead/Silver/Zinc (Early 19th century-1899)

Geology
Pantygo North, formerly Brynparade, lies on the small Brynparade Vein, which runs north to south through an area of Carboniferous Limestone with chert beds. The vein is almost on the same line as the Dingle Vein; it runs parallel to but 100yds south of the Union Vein.

Workings
The only surviving evidence are shafts and spoil mounds, which are spread over a large area around the settlements of Windmill and Fron.

The mine lies on the Holywell-Halkyn Drainage Tunnel or Milwr Tunnel as it is known. The Holywell-Halkyn Mining and Tunnel Company (1896) undertook to drive a drainage level to unwater the mines in the Halkyn Mountain area,as individual pumping schemes were ineffective.

The area to the west of Windmill is littered with abandoned mine shafts.

Pantygo North, West, Brynparade and Colossus Mines were all worked on the same sett.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
A Mining Journal of 19/11/1870 lists a 70" pumping engine and three boilers for sale at West Pant-y-go Mine.

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 - PRN18153

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, 12:44 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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