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Ystrad Einion Lead Mine Buildings and Water Wheel is a post-medieval and modern industrial lead mining site located in Ceredigion, Wales. The site comprises the surviving structural remains associated with lead extraction operations, including mine buildings and a water wheel installation that powered or serviced the mining enterprise. The water wheel represents the application of hydraulic technology to facilitate mineral processing or drainage, a common feature of Welsh lead mines during their period of commercial operation. The site documents the industrial heritage of lead mining in Wales during the post-medieval period, when such operations formed significant components of the regional economy and landscape.
Ystrad Einion Lead Mine Buildings and Water Wheel is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD143. View the official record →
Ystrad Einion Lead Mine Buildings and Water Wheel is a post-medieval and modern industrial lead mining site located in Ceredigion, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD143.
Ystrad Einion Lead Mine Buildings and Water Wheel 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.
Ystrad Einion Lead Mine Buildings and Water Wheel 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 CD143.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bwlch yr Adwy Round Barrow (7 km), Pencraig y Pistill Round Cairn (7.4 km), Waun Llechwedd Llyfn long hut (7.7 km).
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