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Clwyd Metal Mines Survey
Coed Mawr
Coed Mawr (also known as Nant-y-Ffrith) lies in the community of Llanfynydd in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ26505480. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 104438 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.Lead (19th century)
Geology
Cefn-y-fedw Sandstone overlying Carboniferous Limestone.
Workings
The 1st edition OS map of 1871 shows four shafts to the south-east of the county boundary and west of Waen Farm (SJ26905390). The 2nd edition map shows old levels on the slopes of the Nant-y-ffrith Woods to the north-east of Gorse (SJ26405370), which
appears to be the centre of the mining activity.
To the north of the road from Bwlchgwyn to Glascoed old workings may have been lost in the area now quarried out.
To the south of this road shaft mounds can be located in the fields to the west of Waen Farm and to the east and south of Gorse.
The veins are marked on the Brenton Symons Map of 1865, but little evidence remains.
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.