Where is Cwmystwyth Mines?

Cwmystwyth Mines is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.3565°, -3.7582°.

Memorials & monuments · Mid Wales

Cwmystwyth Mines

Cwmystwyth Mines in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

Mine shaft entrance - Cwmystwyth - geograph.org.uk - 1740873 — Peter Evans — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Cwmystwyth Mines is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Cwmystwyth mines are located in Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales and exploited a part of the Central Wales Orefield. Cwm Ystwyth is a scheduled monument, with mining activity dating back to the Bronze Age. Silver, lead, and zinc mining peaked in the 18th century, and water was extensively used in the extraction process. The Banc Ty'nddôl, the earliest gold artifact discovered in Wales, was found on the site in 2002. Mining in the area caused substantial environmental impact; lead concentrations in the River Ystwyth declined from 0.4 mg/L in 1919 to below 0.05 mg/L in 1939, with fish populations returning to most of the river by 1975.

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History

Silver, lead and zinc have been mined in the valley of the River Ystwyth since Roman times, an activity that reached its peak in the 18th century. The largest of the very many mines was Cwmystwyth Mine. It is reputed that the average age at death of the miners in Cwmystwyth was 32, largely because of acute lead poisoning. There is no longer any active metal mining in the Ystwyth valley.

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