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Clwyd Metal Mines Survey
Groesffordd
Groesffordd (also known as Plasau) lies in the community of Ysceifiog in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ16157126. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 103629 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.Lead (19th century)
Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.
Workings
A single shaft lies in the field to the west of the farm at SJ161571340. Two shafts lie in overgrown woodland at SJ16137121 and SJ16157126 to the south of the road that passes the farm.
Transport
No evidence.
Power
No evidence.
Processing
No evidence.
Other features
The stone cattle shed adjacent to shaft SJ16157126 could have been adapted from the surviving walls of a mine related structure.
This HTML page is reproduced from the Powys and Clwyd Metal Mine Surveys which were undertaken between May 1992 and December 1993 by Mark Walters and Pat Frost of the Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust with financial support from Powys County Council, Clwyd County Council and Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments. Further information about this site is available in CPAT's Regional Historic Environment Record.
Page produced by Rachel Stebbings and Chris Martin.