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Cwmsymlog Lead Mine is a post-medieval and modern industrial extraction site located in Ceredigion, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference CD159. The mine exploited lead and silver ore deposits during the period of intensive metal mining activity in mid and south Wales, which expanded significantly from the eighteenth century onwards. The site preserves physical evidence of the mining operations characteristic of this period, including worked ground and associated mining infrastructure typical of small to medium-scale lead and silver extraction ventures in the Welsh uplands. Its designation reflects its importance as a record of the industrial heritage and mineral extraction practices that shaped the economic and landscape history of rural Wales during the post-medieval and modern periods.
Cwmsymlog Lead Mine is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD159. View the official record →
Cwmsymlog Lead Mine is a post-medieval and modern industrial extraction site located in Ceredigion, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference CD159. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD159.
Cwmsymlog Lead Mine dates from the post medieval/modern period, and is classified as a silver mine. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cwmsymlog Lead Mine 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 CD159.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Barrow SW of Pen-Rhiwlas (3.8 km), Tan-y-Ffordd Hillfort (4 km), Castell Bwa-drain Camp (4.5 km).
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