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Ty'n-y-Celyn

Ty'n-y-Celyn lies in the community of Llangollen in the county of Denbighshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ23404070. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 18212 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.

Lead (1918-23)

Geology
Ludlow flags and shale.

Workings
Archer (1959) refers to two lodes containing barytes and galena in the area, having been worked on a very small scale c1918. No evidence remains. Burt et al (1992, 138) details a mine named Llangollen with no NGR or returns, as operating 1846-1851. The sett explored two veins producing a little barytes and lead.

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.