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Clwyd Metal Mines Survey
Chwarel Las
Chwarel Las lies in the community of Halkyn in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ19607150. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 18041 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.Lead/Silver (1861-1880)
Geology
The Old and New Chwarel Las Veins are a branch of the China Rake, running east-west through Carboniferous Limestone and chert beds.
Workings
The only evidence of the mine workings are the shafts and spoil heaps which cover the area and some of the deeper shafts that are substantially capped at SJ19557138, SJ19637133 and SJ19877135.
The area is littered with shaft-mounds and spoil.
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.