Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Blaen Cwmsymlog Lead and Silver Mine
Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Trefeurig, Ceredigion, recorded as Lead Mine (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Lead Mine
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 27 December 2001
- Community
- Trefeurig
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.43672, -3.90644
- SAM number
- CD201
- Cadw record number
- 1697
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1588 · Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich)
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 163 Aberystwyth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument consists of Blaencwmsymlog lead and silver mine, which was operated in conjunction with Cwmsymlog, immediately to its west. Together they were among the most important lead and silver mines in Wales, described by Lewis Morris in 1747 as 'the richest in lead and silver of any in His Majesty's Dominions'. The veins were probably worked in prehistoric or Roman times and the mine is well documented from 1585, when the Mines Royal Company began operating here, to its final closure in 1901. There are several well preserved surface remains and there is potential for important below ground evidence to survive. Features within the scheduled area include Taylor's shaft and waterwheel pit, a major reservoir dam built in 1848, several other shafts, and two ancient rock-cut levels.
The monument is of significance for its remains of a leading Welsh lead and silver mine, for its complex history, and for its excellent documentation. It is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of mining practices. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Standing Stone c. 500m SW of Llyn PendamStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Cwmsymlog Lead MineSilver Mineunder 1 mi
- Cwmsymlog Mine chimneyNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Plas WigwamDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.