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Moel-y-crio

Moel-y-crio lies in the community of Halkyn in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ19806980. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 18130 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.

Lead (1886-1913)

Geology
The Moel-y-crio Mine worked the western end of the California Vein, which runs through Carboniferous Limestone.

Workings
Evidence remains as shafts and mounds spread over a large area interspersed by the housing settlement of Moel-y-crio. One large shaft is fenced off at SJ19956970, and earthworks surround Mount Villas at SJ20206975. The Central Halkyn Mining Company incorporated Moel-y-crio Mine from 1901-1906, when they mined down shaft inclines (Smith 1921).

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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