Copa Hill

aka Copper Hill

Lead Mine
Worked from 2100BC

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot



Mid Wales
Cwmystwyth
52.365117, -3.747873
SN 8108 7556
Open Access
490m
#264

Publications (9)

  • (1922); BGS - Mineral Resources of GB (c1920s) Vol XX - Lead and Zinc: Cardiganshire & West Montogmeryshire; 242 pages
  • Hughes, Simon J.S. & Timberlake, Simon (1991); Early Metallurgical Sites in Great Britian No. 6 - Cwmystwyth; 12 pages
  • Hughes, Simon J.S. (2004); WMPT Newsletter April - Talybont - Some Recent work on Ancient Mining in Mid Wales; 15 pages
  • Hughes, Stephen (1994); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 12-3 Sum - The Hushing Leats at Cwmystwyth, The; 6 pages (48-53)
  • JNCC (2010); Mineralization of England and Wales; pp. 298-303
  • Sables, David (2015); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 19-3 Sum - Monks Who Mined, The; 13 pages (8-20)
  • Timberlake, S. and Mighall, T. (1992); Archaeology in Wales, 32; Historic and Prehistoric Mining on Copa Hill; pp. 38-44
  • 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)
  • Timberlake, Simon (2001); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 14-6 Win - How Old is the Owld Man - Discovering Ancient Mines; 7 pages (54-60)





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