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New Minera Lead Mine is a post-medieval and modern industrial lead mine located in Denbighshire, Wales, situated within the wider Minera mining complex. The mine represents significant exploitation of lead ore deposits during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the Minera district was an important centre of lead production in North Wales. The site preserves physical remains characteristic of industrial mining operations of this period, including evidence of extraction infrastructure and associated structures typical of lead mining enterprise. New Minera forms part of the scheduled monument landscape that documents the development of metal mining technology and industry in the region during its period of intensive working.
New Minera Lead Mine is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE241. View the official record →
New Minera Lead Mine is a post-medieval and modern industrial lead mine located in Denbighshire, Wales, situated within the wider Minera mining complex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE241.
New Minera Lead Mine 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.
New Minera 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 DE241.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: Section SW from Tatham Bridge (7.5 km), Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Pentre-Clawdd to Wynnstay Park (7.6 km), Wynnstay Colliery Walker Fan House (7.7 km).
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