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Glyn

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18986
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Llanidloes Without
Unitary authority : Powys
NGR : SN92478724
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL BARYTES MINE / POST MEDIEVAL LEAD MINE

Description :
Lead/Barytes (1870-1930s)

Geology
A NE-SW striking lode in Ordovician Lower and Upper Van formation grits and mudstones with galena, barytes and witherite mineralisation.

Workings
These consist of two shafts east of Bryntail Farm at SN92308716 and SN92478724. There are trial shafts/opencuts at SN92628730 and SN92858741.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
Foundations of the 20" pumping/winding engine house were situated close to the engine shaft. They are barely recognisable now as low earthworks in pasture.

Processing
A stonebreaker was apparently installed at some stage after 1870. Most of the other dressing operations were carried out on the Bryntail dressing floors. No evidence now survives for any dressing floors at the Glyn Mine.


Other features
There is a small reservoir at SN92108689.

Sources :
Bick, D E , 1990 , The Old Metal Mines Of Mid-Wales
Burt, R, Waite, P & Burnley, R , 1990 , The Mines of Shropshire and Montgomeryshire (Mineral Statistics)
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1995 , Site visit record - PRN18986
Walters, M , 1993 , Powys Metal Mines Survey 1993: consultation draft ( © Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust)

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Compiled date : 31-12-1995


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April 22, 2025, 1:26 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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