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Clwyd Metal Mines Survey
Ashton
Ashton lies in the community of Brynford in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ17807470. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 18002 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.Lead/Silver (1871)
Geology
Carboniferous limestone with chert beds.
Workings
The Ashton Mine worked the Bryniau cross-course vein in the area immediately to the north-west of Capel Saron, Brynford. The site is now partly under pasture, partly occupied by housing and cut to the north-west by the A55. Evidence remains only as shaft
mounds, which run in a north-easterly direction to be cut by the A55.
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.