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Middletown Hill

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 18990
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Trewern
Unitary authority : Powys
NGR : SJ30931322
Site Type (preferred type first) : MODERN BARYTES MINE / MODERN LEAD MINE

Description :
Lead/Barytes (1913-1918)

Geology
Ordovician shales, conglomerates and tuffs with calcite, barytes and galena mineralisation.

Workings
There is a shaft and level at SJ30901320 within Powys while a group of trials in the form of linear earthwork trenches are just over the border in Shropshire at SJ30951320.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
No evidence.

Processing
No evidence.

Other features
No evidence.

Sources :
Burt, R, Waite, P & Burnley, R , 1990 , The Mines of Shropshire and Montgomeryshire (Mineral Statistics)
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1995 , Site visit record - PRN18990
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust , 1997 , title unknown - Middletown Hill
Foster-Smith, J R , 1978 , The Mines of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire

Events :

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Compiled date : 31-12-1995


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April 19, 2025, 1:29 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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