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Pentre Halkyn

Pentre Halkyn lies in the community of Halkyn in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ20007230. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 18171 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.

Lead (1892-1901)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone with chert beds.

Workings
Shafts and spoil heaps remain in an area so full of workings that it is impossible to determine the extent of each individual mine. A single shaft mound remains to the south-west of the Springfield Hotel at SJ20407220, is probably the easternmost shaft on an east-west vein from Halkyn Hall. Some of the 19th century workings to the south of the Old George and Dragon Hotel and Salem Chapel have been obliterated by housing. To the west of the housing lines of shaft mounds continue to run westwards towards the large quarries. The mine was drained by the Milwr Tunnel.

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.