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Picton

Picton lies in the community of Brynford in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ17607570. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 18174 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.

Lead/Silver (1878-1881)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
The Picton Mining Company worked the Coetia Ball cross-course on a sett to the north of the Maen LLwydd monument. Shafts run in a north to south direction from the Holloway Road to Smithy Gate. Shafts within the Picton sett are visible at SJ17647579, SJ17647575, SJ17677570, SJ17757568, SJ17757566, running southwards to the shafts around Pen-yr-allt at SJ17677555, SJ17707556 and SJ17707553, of which many have been substantially landscaped.

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.