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Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant lies in the community of Gwernymynydd in the county of Flintshire. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SJ21706140. The mine is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 18134 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.

Lead/Silver (1857-1873)

Geology
Carboniferous Limestone falling to the Mount Pleasant Flats in Cefn-y-Fedw Sandstone with chert beds.

Workings
Evidence of the workings at Mount Pleasant Mine, remains in the form of at least seven shafts and their relevant spoil heaps located at SJ21756135. A shaft to the west of the roadway can be located at SJ21806135. To the east of the roadway, a shaft remains at SJ21756140 and a spoil heap at SJ21806145. A shaft remains alongside the road at SJ21706150 and two shafts, filled in, remain as spoil heaps at SJ21606155.

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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