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Talargoch Mine, Walker's Shaft

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18203
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Dyserth
Unitary authority : Denbighshire
NGR : SJ05638049
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
Walker's Shaft, which worked Panton's Vein, remains identifiable at SJ05638049. Shaft was sunk in the 1870s (Frost, P, 1997).

Transport
The sett was served by the mineral railway.

Power
The stonework remains of Walker's Engine House, Boiler House and chimney at SJ05668049 are defined as grassed over mounds in the field to the north-west of the Dyserth-Prestatyn Road, being the parcel of land identified as Tir-y-Gwynt on the 1799 Map of the Mines (Mostyn MSS).

The 1750's leat traversed the site on its north-western side (PRN 86754).

Processing
The dressing floors were on the Maesyrerwddu site.

Other features
To the north-west of the shaft and remains, are the foundations of a small rectangular building, probably a magazine, PRN 86756.(Thorburn).

Sources :
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1993 , Site visit record - PRN18203
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1997 , Site visit record - PRN18203
Frost, P , 1997 , Prestatyn to Llanasa Sewage Pumping Main: archaeological assessment ( © Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust)
Thorburn, J A , 1986 , The Talargoch Mine
Walker, W S , 1998 , New Water Main at Ffordd Penrwylfa, Prestatyn, Denbighshire ( © Earthworks Archaeology)

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Related records
CPAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 18240

Compiled date : 31-12-1995


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April 20, 2025, 12:55 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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