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Westminster Bog Mary Ann shaft

Westminster Bog Mary Ann shaft lies in the community of Llanarmon-yn-ial in the county of Denbighshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ21055685. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 18227 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.

Lead (Late 19th century)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
The Mary Ann Shaft and the New Engine Shaft worked the Westminster Vein further east from the old Bog Issa Shaft. The Mary Ann Shaft at SJ20995686, was capped by the 1978 reclamation programme conducted by the NKC Partnership and remains under an area of scrap, reached up the track alongside the Bog farm gateway. The area around the shaft and engine house has been cleared of mining waste, which covers a substantial area on the 1st edition OS.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
The substantial stone remains of the engine house walls survive to 2.5m in part to the north-east of the shaft. It apparently featured a stone bearing the date 1853. The features of the engine house are discernable but the chimney must have been cut by the later track to Waendyllog Farm.

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.