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Meadow Shaft, Minera is a post-medieval and modern lead mine in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. The workings exploit mineralised fissures within the Lower Coal Measures bedrock, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Westphalian period. Iron-rich layers within this strata, including ironstone and ferricrete, are interbedded with the softer sediments that miners extracted and processed in pursuit of lead ore.
The shaft itself represents the exploitation phase of lead mining when deeper reserves became economically viable. The Lower Coal Measures Formation underlying the site provided the hard rock framework necessary to sink and maintain vertical access to mineral veins below surface. This geology, characteristic of mid-Wales mineral districts, supported intensive extraction during the post-medieval period and continued through the modern era.
Cadw's scheduling of Meadow Shaft (reference DE244) recognises its significance as evidence of Wales' industrial mining heritage and the technological adaptation of miners to local geological conditions. The monument survives as a physical record of how seams and fissures within the Coal Measures strata were systematically worked for metalliferous ore.
Meadow Shaft, Minera is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE244. View the official record →
Meadow Shaft, Minera is a post-medieval and modern lead mine in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Meadow Shaft, Minera'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.
Meadow Shaft, Minera stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.