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Coetia Butler

Coetia Butler (also known as Butlersfield) lies in the community of Brynford in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ17457545. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 18052 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.

Lead/Silver (Early 18th century-1906)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
The site at Pen-y-Ball is largely quarried out in an area that was mined intensively from a very early period. Several shaft mounds remain on the perimeters of the quarry on the east-west Pant-y-nef crossc-ourse vein. The Company incorporated the Gladstone workings from 1887, which lay downhill and along the quarry incline.

Transport
The quarry incline can be traced as earthworks running north-westwards and downhill from SJ17197555 towards the Grange Quarries.

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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