Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Taylor's Shaft, Minera
Minera, Wrexham, Wales
A scheduled monument in Minera, Wrexham, recorded as Lead Mine (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Lead Mine
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 10 June 1997
- Community
- Minera
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.05346, -3.09025
- SAM number
- DE243
- Cadw record number
- 3690
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
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)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a 19th century lead mine including its water-management and transport systems, extraction and dressing processes with their power systems. The site has been excavated and is divided by the line of the former mineral railway. To the south of this is the substantial base of the winding engine house, the shaft, a capstan base, and the boiler house with seatings for egg ended boilers, a chimney base and an ash tunnel. To the north of the railway are a run of ore bins, a circular buddle and the foundations of offices, stores and blacksmiths shops.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance and illustrate our knowledge and understanding of mining technology from a single period. Lead mines may be part of a larger cluster of industrial monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is bounded by the existing fence line of the site, but includes the railway dividing its two halves.
Nearby in the register
- Cae MynyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Minera Halvans PlantLead Mineunder 1 mi
- Maelor ViewDomesticunder 1 mi
- Maelor HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.