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/

Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986
Buddle remains which had been effectively cross sectioned.
Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986
Buddle remains which had been effectively cross sectioned.
Cyffty Lead Mine, Gwydyr Forest - July 01, 1986
Buddle remains which had been effectively cross sectioned.

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.