Long Rake


Lead Mine

Worked from early 18C to 1872

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot

Feb 18th, 2025 by BertyBasset



North Wales
Rhes y Cae
53.2311401, -3.2182021
SJ 1878 7115
Open Access
210m
#543


Shaft mounds in the area to the north of Peacock Farm (SJ 1874 7105) and open-cuts. Much of the evidence has suffered from land clearance in the 1870s, and workings near Rhes-y-cae Primary School have been landscaped for school use. The Engine Shaft stands to the northeast of Peacock Farm, possibly at SJ 1883 7117. A line of shafts runs westwards towards the road junction at SJ 1820 7110.



The Long Rake Vein runs through the Carboniferous Limestone of the Halkyn Mountain. The sett was worked in the early 18th century by the Quaker Company, and intensive mining continued into the 19th century.







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