Scheduled MonumentsWalesDaren Lead Mine Workings & Adit
Post Medieval/Modern · Lead Mine

Daren Lead Mine Workings & Adit

Ceredigion, Wales
Cadw SAM CD144
Period
Post Medieval/Modern
Site type
Lead Mine
Broad class
Industrial
Nation
Wales
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Overview

History & significance

Daren Lead Mine Workings and Adit is a post-medieval and modern industrial lead mine located in Ceredigion, Wales. The site comprises surface workings and an adit system that reflects the intensive exploitation of lead ore deposits in the region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when Welsh lead mining formed a significant part of the British mining industry. The physical remains include the characteristic features of lead mine workings: excavated ground surfaces, spoil heaps, and the driven adit or tunnel that provided access to the ore body and facilitated drainage and ventilation of the underground workings. The site is recorded as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the Cadw designation SAM CD144.

Daren Lead Mine Workings & Adit is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD144. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Daren Lead Mine Workings & Adit?

Daren Lead Mine Workings and Adit is a post-medieval and modern industrial lead mine located in Ceredigion, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD144.

What period does Daren Lead Mine Workings & Adit date from?

Daren Lead Mine Workings & Adit 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 Britain.

Who is responsible for protecting Daren Lead Mine Workings & Adit?

Daren Lead Mine Workings & Adit 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 CD144.

What other scheduled monuments are near Daren Lead Mine Workings & Adit?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen-y-Felin Wynt Hillfort (4.7 km), Castell Bwa-drain Camp (5 km), Bwlch-y-Crwys Round Barrow (6.3 km).

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