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Pen-y-Garreg Wen

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18238
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Llanferres
Unitary authority : Denbighshire
NGR : SJ19706296
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE

Description :
Lead (18th century)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
Documentary evidence in the form of early leases deposited at CRO, Hawarden and referred to in Williams (1987) affirm the small-scale workings in this area on land owned by the Grosvenors on Mold Mountain.

The Pen-y-Garreg Wen Mine worked the area in the mid-19th century on the western end of the Cathole Vein. The main mine workings were on the east banks of the River Alyn with the main shafts on the top of the limestone cliffs above. Old shafts remain in the woodland of Coed Pwll-y-blawdd which now forms part of Loggerheads Country Park.

The shaft at SJ19706295 appears to have been a whim shaft.

The mine operated in the same area as the later Glanalyn Mine.


Transport
No evidence.

Power
The whim shaft remains at SJ19706295.

Williams (1987, 17) documents the waterwheels installed on the River Alyn that powered the pump rods which ran uphill to the Pen-y-Garreg Wen Shaft.

Processing
The dressing floor areas lay along the banks of the River Alyn at SJ19606285.

Other features
No evidence.

Sources :
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1995 , Site visit record - PRN18238

Events :

Related records
Better Woodlands for Wales 18523

Compiled date : 31-12-1995


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April 20, 2025, 12:42 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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