Ty Gwyn Mine/Adit

aka Ty Gwyn Adit

Copper Mine

Jan 1st, 2024 from CMOS by Buddle-Bot

Dec 8th, 2024 by BertyBasset



North Wales
Great Orme
53.3274193, -3.8307331
SH 7817 8273
Private Land
10m
100,000t
#1,094


Started as a separate mine exploiting the copper veins at the eastern end of the Orme, produced over 100,000 tons of copper ore. Two shafts near the Empire Hotel.



Publications (12)

  • (1981); WMS Newsletter Issue 04 Dec; 3 pages
  • (1996); WMS Newsletter Issue 35 Dec; 8 pages
  • (2002); WMS Newsletter Issue 46 Apr; 23 pages
  • (2002); WMS Newsletter Issue 46 Apr; 23 pages
  • Campbell Bannerman, N.V. (2000); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-4 Win - Beach Slags of the North Wales Coast; 8 pages (41-48)
  • Diane and Nigel Campbell Bannerman (2001); Great Orme Explained, The; 77 pages
  • GOES (1995); History of the Ty Gwyn Mine
  • GOES (1998); Journal No 1; pp. 10-14
  • Lewis, Andrew (1994); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 12-3 Sum - Bronze Age Mines of the Great Orme - Interim Report; 6 pages (31-36)
  • NMRS; Newsletter Sep/1986; pp.10.
  • Williams, C.J.; NMRS (1979); British Mining 9 - Llandudno Copper Mines, The; ISBN 0901450 13 8; pp.7-9,14-15,21-22,25-26, 28-31,33,35-36,39-40,46
  • Williams, C.J.; NMRS (1995); British Mining 52 - Great Orme Mines, The; ISBN 0901450 39 1; pp.5,7,23,27-31,33,36, 42,44-46,48, 51-53,56-57





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