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Moel Hiraddug

Moel Hiraddug lies in the community of Dyserth in the county of Denbighshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ06307870. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 103489 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.

Nickel/Cobalt (Early mining-1891)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
A single shaft appears to the north of Foel Farm on the OS 2nd edition map, being the shaft now evident at SJ06547807. Much of the northern area of the Hillfort has been destroyed by quarrying. Large open cuts and levels appear to run in from the uppermost southern slopes of Y Foel, where several intersections of veins were worked for haematite, nickel, cobalt and pyrites.

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.

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