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Arwyddbost ar hen dramffordd / Signpost on an old tramway, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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The lower signposted track was built before 1872 as part of the Minera lead... (more)
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Llwybr ar hen dramffordd / Path on old tramway, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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This tramway was built between 1872 and 1898, as part of the Minera Lead Mines... (more)
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Olion mwyngloddio plwm / Traces of lead mining, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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A square of stones on the north side of the former mineral railway, Minera Country Park.
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Ategweithiau pont reilffordd / Railway bridge abutments, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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Part of the network at Minera Lime Works. One mineral railway crossed over another here.
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Coed yn cytrefu'r odyn / Trees colonising the kiln, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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This kiln was built in 1868 and processed limestone at the Minera Lime Works.... (more)
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Pont droed a rhaeadr / Footbridge and waterfall, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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In the Minera Quarry nature reserve.
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Yr hen reilffordd / The old railway, Minera Country Park
by Christine Johnstone
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Concrete sleepers along one of the former railway lines serving Minera Lead Mines.
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Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [4]
by Christine Johnstone
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At the base of the wall, workers hammered waste off the lead ore at the picking... (more)
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Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [3]
by Christine Johnstone
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The remains of the crusher house, where large rocks were broken to separate out... (more)
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Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [2]
by Christine Johnstone
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This circular buddle was the last stage or ore dressing, where lead was... (more)
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Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [1]
by Christine Johnstone
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Settling ponds, where lead particles 'settled' out of water and were... (more)
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Odyn Hoffman / Hoffman kiln, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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The south-west side. The path alongside was once a railway serving the kiln.... (more)
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Odynau calch / Lime kilns, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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Minera Lime Works was once the largest producer of lime in North Wales [200,000... (more)
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Pyllau plwm y Mwynglawdd / Minera lead mines [5]
by Christine Johnstone
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The track beside the Meadow Shaft engine house is the route of one of the many... (more)
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Llwybr trwy'r coed / Path through the trees, New Brighton
by Christine Johnstone
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A former mineral railway serving the Minera lead mines.
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Heulwen a chysgod / Sunshine and shade, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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A late November afternoon. The village on the north side of the Clywedog valley... (more)
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Newidiodd yr nant yn fawr / Much-altered stream, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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At the downstream edge of a large limestone quarry which closed in 1994 and is now a SSSI.
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Chwarel galchfaen segur / Disused limestone quarry, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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This quarry once produced 200,000 tonnes of lime a year. It closed in 1994 and... (more)
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Hen chwarel galchfaen / Old limestone quarry, Minera
by Christine Johnstone
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This was once Lester's Lime Works, on the north side of the Clywedog... (more)
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