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Cyffty Lead Mine - Gwydyr Forest

Cyffty Lead Mine once boasted a Cornish Engine House. However, this was wantonly destroyed in the mid 1960s. However, by the 1980s, when I visited, work had commenced to conserve the remaining structures on the site. To view recent images taken in 2011 and 2018 please click on this link: http://www.jhluxton.com/Industrial-Archaeology/Mines-and-Collieries-of-Wales/Cyffty-Lead-Mine-Gwydyr-Forest/
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  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Waterwheel pit

  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Water Wheel Pit

  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Buddle remains which had been effectively cross sectioned.

  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Buddle remains which had been effectively cross sectioned.

  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Buddle remains which had been effectively cross sectioned.

  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Buddle remains which had been effectively cross sectioned.

  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Flatrod water wheel pit.

  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    View along the flat rod run

  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    View along the flat rod run

  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Western Pumping Shaft collar view towards the winding shaft located on the higher level in the distance.

  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Remains of the blacksmith's shop and Crusher House. The Cornish Engine House, demolished in the 1960s was located on the higher level behind these buildings.

  • Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986

    Remains of the blacksmith's shop and Crusher House. The Cornish Engine House, demolished in the 1960s was located on the higher level behind these buildings.

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