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Ystrad Einion Lead Mine Buildings and Water Wheel is a post-medieval and modern industrial lead mining complex located in Ceredigion, Wales. The site comprises substantial stone buildings and a water wheel installation that supported lead extraction and processing operations during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The water wheel, a key technological feature of the site, powered machinery essential to mining activities including pumping and ore processing. The surviving structures represent the physical infrastructure of Wales's historically significant lead mining industry, which flourished during the Georgian and Victorian periods in the upland regions of mid-Wales.
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 complex 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 the UK.
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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