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Parry's

Parry's lies in the community of Halkyn in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ19507230. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 103390 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.

Lead/Silver/Zinc (Early 19th century-1892)

Geology
Carboniferous limestone

Workings
A small area of shafts and spoil mounds remain grassed-over to the north of the Pentre Halkyn to Babell Road at SJ19557230. The workings appear to have run north to south, being visible as a line of old shafts. Any workings to the south of the road have been lost to the Pantypwll Quarry. Grainger's Vein according to Smith (1921, 64) was worked in the same area.

Transport
No evidence.

Power
No evidence.

Processing
The dressing floor areas appear to have been to the south-west of the buildings around SJ19507240.

Other features
The cottages at SJ19507240 were probably the Mine Office or manager's house.


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.

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