Penrhyngerwin/Loveden

aka Penrhyngerwin or Loveden


Lead Mine

Worked from 1881

Jan 1st, 2024 from MMOMW by Buddle-Bot

Dec 20th, 2024 by BertyBasset



Mid Wales
Furnace
52.5275383, -3.9648969
SN 6680 9400
Private Land
10m
#1,181


Engine shaft, tramway embankment and remains of mill buildings.



Copper lode shown on Series one inch map.

Year Activity
1881 Report of lode with 2.5 tons of lead per fathom.
1882 Shaft down to 10fm.
1905 Loveden Mining Co at work with 46 men underground and, shaft down to 36fm and 900 tons of ore raised before closure.
1930’s Revival that only ended with outbreak of war.

Publications (4)

  • (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XX - Lead and Zinc: Cardiganshire & West Montogmeryshire; 242 pages
  • Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; North of Goginan - Part 3; pp. 42
  • Fellows, Roy; Penrhyngerwin; 2 pages
  • Hughes, Simon J.S. (1976); Cardiganshire - Its Mines and Miners; 52 pages





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