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Cefn Cilcen

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18231
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Cilcain
Unitary authority : Flintshire
NGR : SJ19456600
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE

Description :
Lead (18th century-1882)

Geology
The Coed Du cross-course runs north-south through the Carboniferous Limestone beneath Coed Du Wood.

Workings
To the north and across the road from Cefn Farm, within an area of rough pasture, there remains;
a large shaft and whim circle at SJ19426607 and an Engine Shaft at SJ19426606. The semi-circular wall of an earlier shaft seems to lie to the north of the above shaft.

The workings on this vein to the west have been lost to quarrying.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
A stone-built engine house stands at SJ19206605, with its bob-pit and adjacent boiler house partly intact. Some of the mounting bolts remain in situ and the cylinder base indicates a 36" engine. The boiler house appears to be to the west of the adjoining engine house and the winding wheelpit to the north of the arrangement and south of Engine Shaft.

The whim circle remains at SJ19426605.

Processing
The site lies uphill from the site of the River Alyn smelt mill.

Other features
No evidence.

Sources :
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1995 , Site visit record - PRN18231

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Compiled date : 31-12-1995


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April 20, 2025, 12:32 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust, The Offices, Coed y Dinas, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 8RP
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