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Bryn-tail Leadworks is a post-medieval and modern industrial lead mining site located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference MG159. The workings date primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, representing an important phase of lead extraction and processing in the Welsh mining industry. The site preserves physical evidence of mining operations including shafts, levels, and associated processing features characteristic of this period of mineral exploitation. The leadworks reflects the expansion of industrial activity in Wales during the Georgian and Victorian eras, when demand for lead drove significant extractive industries across the region.
Bryn-tail Leadworks is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG159. View the official record →
Bryn-tail Leadworks is a post-medieval and modern industrial lead mining site located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference MG159.
Bryn-tail Leadworks dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a lead mine. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bryn-tail Leadworks is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MG159.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen-y-Gaer Camp (0.9 km), Pen y Clun Camp (1.1 km), Penyclun Lead Mine (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bryn-tail Leadworks's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bryn-tail Leadworks stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.