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Meadow Shaft, Minera is a lead mine shaft located in Denbighshire, Wales, dating to the post-medieval and modern industrial period. The shaft represents the extensive lead mining operations that characterised the Minera mining complex, which became one of Wales's significant centres of lead extraction during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As a designated scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM DE244, the shaft survives as physical evidence of the industrial heritage and mining infrastructure that shaped the local landscape and economy during this period of intensive mineral extraction.
Meadow Shaft, Minera is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE244. View the official record →
Meadow Shaft, Minera is a lead mine shaft located in Denbighshire, Wales, dating to the post-medieval and modern industrial period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE244.
Meadow Shaft, Minera 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.
Meadow Shaft, Minera 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 DE244.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: Section SW from Tatham Bridge (7.6 km), Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Pentre-Clawdd to Wynnstay Park (7.8 km), Wynnstay Colliery Walker Fan House (7.8 km).
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