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Clwyd Metal Mines Survey
True Blue
True Blue lies in the community of Holywell in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ17907560. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 33185 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.Lead/Silver/Zinc (Early 19th century-1901)
Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.
Workings
The True Blue sett worked the string off the Holloway Vein. The vein cuts the road up to Pen-y-ball Top from the Holloway Road and the workings can be traced as a line of shafts and mounds that run north to south from SJ28027584, to the north-west of the
modern covered reservoir and viewpoint to SJ17927528, being the Sir Edward sett (18198).
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.