Llanfair Lead & Silver Mine

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NPRN33882
Cyfeirnod MapSN65SW
Cyfeirnod GridSN6273051210
Awdurdod Unedol (Lleol)Ceredigion
Hen SirCeredigion
CymunedLlanfair Clydogau
Math O SafleMWYNGLAWDD PLWM
CyfnodÔl-Ganoloesol
Disgrifiad
1. Little remains except leat.

2. The mineral deposits here are thought to have been prospected & exploited well before the main period of workings, from about 1760: noted by Meyrick (1808) as the richest silver mine in the county; in 1857 it was stated that the mine had been run sucessfully for 50 years: closed in 1862.
There are traces of shafts and tips by Nant Clydogau; mine buildings, converted for agricultural use were noted in 1979: a leat and pond noted on the Tithe Map may be preserved by hedgelines and the marshy hollow at SN62885118: the leat running above the site (Nprn33623) is thought to relate to this mine.

Sources: Foster-Smith 1978 'the Mines of Cardiganshire', 87-8;
Jones 1993 Ceredigion Metal Mines survey project, No.205.
Timberlake 2003 (AW 42 2002), 172-3.

J.Wiles 24.02.05