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Great Orme Copper Mine; Ty Gwyn Copper Mine

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Archive6351951TitleCPF_L_09_02 - Caernarvonshire Parish FilesLevelSub-groupDescriptionNotes, mss text, printed and sketch plan drawings, newspaper cutting, O.S. map extract, black and white photographs, and correspondence relating to sites in Llandudno: Map reference 1SE.Medium1 file. Graphic, Photo, Cartographic, Text.Imagesn

Archive6351952TitleCPF_L_09_03 - Caernarvonshire Parish FilesLevelSub-groupDescriptionNotes, mss text, printed and sketch plan drawings, article extract, O.S. map extract, black and white photographs, and correspondence relating to sites in Llandudno: Map reference 2SW and 5NW.Medium1 file. Cartographic, Text, Graphic, Photo.Imagesn

Archive6438598TitleDMHC04_033 - Dr Michael Harrison CollectionLevelSub-groupDescriptionColour slides showing sites and buildings in Dr Harrison's classification "Copper - 10150".Medium20 slides. Photo.Imagesn

Archive6438599TitleDMHC04_034 - Dr Michael Harrison CollectionLevelSub-groupDescriptionColour slides showing sites and buildings in Dr Harrison's classification "Copper - 10150".Medium20 slides. Photo.Imagesn

Archive6438597TitleDMHC04_032 - Dr Michael Harrison CollectionLevelSub-groupDescriptionColour slides showing sites and buildings in Dr Harrison's classification "Copper - 10150".Medium20 slides. Photo.Imagesn

Archive6512411TitleCSAM_LAB_2005_06 - Cadw Scheduled Ancient Monument 35mm NegativesLevelSub-groupDescriptionColour photo surveys of scheduled ancient monuments in Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire carried out by Lorna Ackroyd Bell, 2005.MediumTwo sheets. Photo.Imagesn

Archive6018293TitleInvestigators' PhotographsLevelBatchDescriptionGreat Orme Copper Mine; Photo survey comprising 16 B&W prints taken by Brian Malaws, dated 9th September 1996. Negatives held.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426171TitleInvestigators' PhotographsLevelBatchDescriptionGreat Orme Copper Mine;Ty Gwyn Copper Mine: Photo survey comprising 24 B&W prints taken by S. R. Hughes, November 1996.Medium24 prints. Photo.Imagesn

Archive6018291TitleNMR Site FilesLevelItemDescriptionBlack and white print of bottle found in Abbey Place Adit, Great Orme. Negative not held.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6018292TitleNMR Site FilesLevelItemDescriptionBlack and white print of entrance to Abbey Place Adit, Great Orme. Negative not held.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6018294TitleNMR Site FilesLevelItemDescriptionBlack and white print of miners' tools found in Abbey Place Adit, Great Orme. Negative not held.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6018295TitleNMR Site FilesLevelItemDescriptionBlack and white print of miner's tool found in Abbey Place Adit, Great Orme. Negative not held.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6431531TitleDS2010_637_006 - Investigators' Digital PhotographyLevelItemDescriptionIn tunnels 18m below surface (with camera flash) with sign stating deepest Bronze Age Tunnels 46m belowMediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6431529TitleDS2010_637_004 - Investigators' Digital PhotographyLevelItemDescriptionInside the narrow mine tunnels (without camera flash using only lighting provided on self-guide tour)MediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6505208TitleDS2018_388_004 - Investigators' Digital PhotographyLevelItemDescriptionLlandudno pier and bar, Grand Hotel, tollgate house, Pen-y-Dinas Hillfort, Great Orme copper mine and tramway. Oblique aerial photograph taken during the Royal Commission's programme of archaeological aerial reconnaissance by Toby Driver on 30th July 2015.MediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6426174Title9300575_5 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionEntrance to Bronze Age galleries at low level, looking N, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426177Title9300575_8 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionVisitor entrance in deepened gallery, at E of other tunnels, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426193Title9300575_23 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionLarge cavity underground, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426181Title9300575_12 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionVery small side working of vein, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426189Title9300575_20 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionLarge cavities underground, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426180Title9300575_11 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionDeepened gallery going in, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426185Title9300575_16 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionSide workings in gallery, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426192Title9300575_22 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionLarge cavity underground, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426195Title9300575_25 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionSite of further ongoing excavations, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426184Title9300575_15 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionSide workings in gallery, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426182Title9300575_13 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionBones in blocked side working of vein, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426188Title9300575_19 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionLarge cavities underground, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426194Title9300575_24 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionBlocked small gallery, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6426173Title9300575_2 - Investigators' PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionEntrance to Bronze Age galleries on SE of site and opencast to left, looking NE, Great Orme Copper Mine.MediumPhoto.Imagesn

Archive6431537TitleDS2010_637_012 - Investigators' Digital PhotographyLevelItemDescriptionTunnel where fire was used to weaken the rock, with interpretative signingMediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6431539TitleDS2010_637_014 - Investigators' Digital PhotographyLevelItemDescriptionVisitor access trail and stairs to underground tunnel entrancesMediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6431541TitleDS2010_637_016 - Investigators' Digital PhotographyLevelItemDescriptionSmelting process recreated for visitorsMediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6431532TitleDS2010_637_007 - Investigators' Digital PhotographyLevelItemDescriptionNarrow side passage from main tunnel (with camera flash)MediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6431536TitleDS2010_637_011 - Investigators' Digital PhotographyLevelItemDescriptionView from northern rim of mine looking south revealing tunnel entrances and areas of dumped waste still to be excavatedMediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6431533TitleDS2010_637_008 - Investigators' Digital PhotographyLevelItemDescriptionNorthern elevation of mine face from west showing terracingMediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6431527TitleDS2010_637_002 - Investigators' Digital PhotographyLevelItemDescriptionNorthern elevation of the Bronze Age mine revealing entrances to tunnelsMediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6431538TitleDS2010_637_013 - Investigators' Digital PhotographyLevelItemDescriptionVisitor access trail and stairs to underground tunnel entrancesMediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6329262TitleAP_2006_4365 - RCAHMW Colour Oblique Digital Aerial PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionRCAHMW colour oblique aerial photograph of Great Orme Copper Mine from the west. Taken on 14 August 2006 by Toby Driver.MediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6337888TitleCJW042 - Christopher J. Williams Mines PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionDigitized 35mm slide of Ty Gwyn Mine site, rear.MediumPhoto.Imagesy

Archive6542759TitleAP2019_1037_0003 - RCAHMW Colour Oblique Digital Aerial PhotographsLevelItemDescriptionGreat Orme copper mine, Llandudno. Oblique aerial photograph taken during the Royal Commission?s programme of archaeological aerial reconnaissance by Toby Driver on 22nd May 2013.MediumPhoto.Imagesy