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Copper mining was an important industry on The Great Orme until late nineteenth century. During a scheme to landscape this area of The Great Orme in 1987, Bronze Age mine workings were uncovered, possibly the most important copper mines of the Bronze Age yet discovered and excavated.

Apparently abandoned around 600 BC, but with some evidence of Roman patronage, the mines were reopened in 1692 and continued to be worked until the end of the 19th century.

The Bronze Age mine workings are now a fee-paying attraction for the public to experience.

Link - Great Orme Mines
Link ("The Great Orme Summit Experience" compiled by Noel Walley)