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Bedol Aur

Bedol Aur lies in the community of Brynford in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ18007500. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 18004 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.

Lead (1864-1867)

Geology
Carboniferous limestone with chert beds.

Workings
The mine sett proper appears to have been cut by the new A55. Evidence of workings at the given grid reference remain as shaft mounds in an area in the vicinity of the Smithy Gate dwellings (SJ17707524) on the north to south Bryniau cross-course vein as they continue southwards to the Ashton sett (PRN 18002) at SJ17807470.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
No evidence.

Processing
No evidence.

Other features
No evidence.


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.

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