Lefel Fawr

aka Level Fawr, Probert's Level Fawr, or Pontrhydygroes

Lead Mine
Worked from 1785

Jan 1st, 2024 from Cambrian by Buddle-Bot



Mid Wales
Pontrhydygroes
52.33337, -3.85149
SN 7394 7220
Private Land
160m
#494


The longest drainage adit in Mid-Wales, draining Penygist, Logaulas, Glogfach, and Glogfawr


Publications (18)

  • (1989); CATMHS - Newsletter 024-August; 32 pages
  • (1989); CATMHS - Trip Report Easter - Easter Wales Meet; 5 pages
  • (1993); WMS Newsletter Issue 28 Jun; 8 pages
  • (1993); WMS Newsletter Issue 29 Dec; 8 pages
  • (1997); WMS Newsletter Issue 36 Jun; 8 pages
  • (2000); WMS Newsletter Issue 42 Apr; 8 pages
  • (2001); WMS Newsletter Issue 45 Dec; 14 pages
  • Bick, D.E. (1991); Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, The; South of Goginan - Part 1; pp.22
  • Bick, David; NMRS (1986); British Mining 30 - Frongoch Lead & Zinc Mine; ISBN 0901450 47 2; pp.6,11,42,48-52
  • Foster-Smith, J.R.; NMRS (1979); British Mining 12 - Mines of Cardiganshire, The; ISBN 0 901450 14 6; pp.76-79
  • Hall, G.W. (2014); Welsh Mines & Mining - Metal Mining in Mid Wales 1822-1921; 131 pages
  • Hughes, Simon J. (2003); Level Fawr; 1 pages
  • Hughes, Stephen (1994); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 12-3 Sum - The Hushing Leats at Cwmystwyth, The; 6 pages (48-53)
  • Jones, Elias and Hughes, S.J. (2005); Cardigan Recollections Elias Jones 1894-1945 ; 24 pages
  • NMRS; Newsletter Aug/1979; pp.2
  • NMRS; Newsletter May/1993; pp.9
  • Palmer, Marilyn and Neaverson, Peter (1989); PDMHS (Peak District Mines Historical Society) 10-6 Win - Comparative Archaeology of Tin and Lead Dressing in Britain during the Nineteenth Century, The; 32 pages (316-347)
  • 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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