Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
19921
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
29/05/1998  
Date of Amendment
29/05/1998  
Name of Property
Mine Chimney at Castell  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Denbighshire  
Community
Llanarmon-yn-Ial  
Town
 
Locality
Graianrhyd  
Easting
321267  
Northing
356806  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated on bank of stream some 150m WSW of Castell farmhouse, which is some 700m N of Graianrhyd on the road to Eryrys.  

Description


Broad Class
Industrial  
Period
 

History
Mine-chimney associated with former lead-mine, presumably mid C19. Possibly the Castell engine shaft worked as part of the Nant and Bog mines by the Westminster Mines up to the 1850s, or the Bog East trial shaft.  

Exterior
Lead-mine chimney, limestone rubble, circular and tapering, some 7m high.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a relatively rare surviving structure of the regionally important lead-mining industry.  

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