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Clwyd Metal Mines Survey
Pantymwyn West
Pantymwyn West lies in the community of Gwernaffield in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ19206450. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 18234 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.Lead (Early 18th century-1913)
Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.
Workings
The western workings on the Pantymwyn vein are visible as shafts in the fields to the east of the River Alyn at SJ19056450, SJ19056455 and SJ19206450. The shafts represent the earlier workings on the vein.
Two levels were driven in to east bank of the River Alyn. The 'Great Level' begun in 1738 was driven in a south eastwards direction from SJ18906430 to drain the Pantybuarth Mines and a second level was later driven from SJ18856460 to drain the Pantymwyn
Vein.
The main mine site of Pantymwyn, Bryncoch and later the Mold Mines is located at SJ20106480.
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.