Extensive working with shafts.
Draethen Woods are located between Newport and Caerphilly, to the north of Cardiff. The woods contain a number of lead mining sites and surface workings dating back to at least Roman times. All the sites are fenced off, but there are no known access restrictions. c.f. http://caveaccess.co.uk/sites.html
Greater Horseshoe bat roost (October to April)
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Publications (5)
- Giblin, J. (1999) Lower Machen, Archaeology in Wales 39; pp. 106
- Nash-Williams, V. E. 1939x. A new Roman mining site at Lower Machen, Monmouthshire, Archaeologia Cambrensis 94, 108-10
- Timberlake, Simon (1994); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 12-3 Sum - Archaeological and Circumstantial Evidence for early Mining in Wales; 11 pages (133-143)
- Tucker, D.G.; Lead Mines of Glamorgan and Gwent, The; 16 pages
- Tucker, Mary and Gordon (1975); Lead Mines of South East Wales, The; 13 pages (15-27)
