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Coed-y-fron

Coed-y-fron lies in the community of Holywell in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ18507540. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 103442 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.

Lead (19th century)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
The sett worked the northern end of the Caleb Bell Cross-course to the south-west of the woodland of Coed-y-fron. There is little evidence of workings in the woodland; a line of shafts can be traced southwards from SJ18307555, SJ18307550, SJ18317548, SJ18307545, SJ18307540, SJ18287538 following a north-south vein. They may be later workings than Coed-y-fron on the same sett.

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.

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