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Llanerch-y-mor Lead Smelting Chimney is a Victorian-era industrial structure located in Flintshire, Wales, associated with the region's significant lead-working heritage. The chimney dates from the nineteenth century and represents the technological infrastructure of lead smelting operations that flourished during this period of intensive mineral extraction in North Wales. The structure survives as a substantial stone or brick built chimney stack, a characteristic feature of Victorian lead works designed to disperse smelting fumes and process gases across the landscape. The monument is registered by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument, recognising its importance as evidence of Wales's industrial past and the development of non-ferrous metal processing during the nineteenth century.
Llanerch-y-mor Lead Smelting Chimney is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL214. View the official record →
Llanerch-y-mor Lead Smelting Chimney is a Victorian-era industrial structure located in Flintshire, Wales, associated with the region's significant lead-working heritage. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL214.
Llanerch-y-mor Lead Smelting Chimney dates from the victorian period, and is classified as a lead work. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Llanerch-y-mor Lead Smelting Chimney 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 FL214.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bryn y Cosyn Round Barrows (6.6 km), Round Barrow 225m SE of Parc y Prysau (6.7 km), Round Barrow 495m SE of Parc y Prysau (6.9 km).
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