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Kelston Farm

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18200
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Llanasa
Unitary authority : Flintshire
NGR : SJ10408250
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL SILVER MINE / POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE / POST MEDIEVAL ZINC MINE

Description :
Lead/Silver/Zinc (19th century)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
Kelston Vein was worked to the north-west of Kelston Farm in shafts and opencuts. The sett was later worked to a deeper level by the Talacre company.

A line of shafts can be followed on a north to south alignment passing to the west of Kelston Farm. The larger shafts can be located at SJ10408250, to the north-west of the farm and south of Talacre Abbey, SJ10308220 being south of the farm and to the west of the farm at SJ10308275, SJ10208265, SJ10108255 and SJ10108265. A single shaft at the southern extremity of the vein remains at SJ10258220. The shafts are either capped or filled in and appear as grassed over-mounds.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
No evidence.

Processing
No evidence.

Other features
No evidence.

Sources :
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1993 , Site visit record - PRN18200

Events :

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Compiled date : 31-12-1995


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April 20, 2025, 1:16 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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