Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
BR232
Name
Nant-y-Car South Lead Mine
Date of Designation
18/07/1997
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanwrthwl
Easting
288588
Northing
260876
Broad Class
Industrial
Site Type
Lead Mine
Period
Post Medieval/Modern
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 mine operated from about the 1850s to the 1880s. The remains include a masonry lined shaft, bob pit, winding equipment, timber ladder, shoring below water level, several drainage adits, tramway, ore bins, picking floors, crusher house, crusher house wheel pit, leat, platforms, jig platforms and circular buddles likely to retain their timber bedding.
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.