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Bwa-Drain Lead Mine

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NPRN420247
Map ReferenceSN77NW
Grid ReferenceSN7116279711
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCeredigion
Old CountyCardiganshire
CommunityMelindwr
Type Of SiteLEAD MINE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description

1. Disused lead mine near Bwa-Drain.
RCAHMW 2014.

2. The mine was worked from 1867 to 1876, producing 1322.5 tons of lead and about 22,000 oz of silver. A pumping device was driven by a waterwheel on the Rheidol.

Source: notes written to accompany photography taken by Arthur Chater in 1969

RCAHMW 2022