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In 1860 Thomas Savin built a railway line to connect the mines at Coed-y-Go to the Cambrian Railway at Whitehaven. Evidence for the course of this...
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Coal outcrops at Gronwen and so this is where much of the earliest mining took place. The method adopted was the bellpit and the coal was raised u...
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Pottery production was associated with the mining industry in the Morda Valley as the area was rich in clays. The row of cottages towards the top ...
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This aerial photograph shows the remains of the Trefarclawdd collieries. The main period of mining at Trefarclawdd was between the 1780's till aro...
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The earth works visible in this field are the remains of tip dumps and old mine shafts of the Trefarclawdd collieries. The pits were abandoned dur...
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Within a small area just south of Oswestry, over 50 archaeological sites still remain as evidence of a once small but thriving coal mining industry...
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In its day Penylan Mill did a brisk trade. The mill would have been in operation night and day, employing teams of wagons delivering flour over a ...
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These remains of the Trefarclawdd collieries lie three kilometres south-west of Oswestry. They have been worked since at least the sixteenth centu...
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This aerial view reveals the quarry at Haughmond Hill which is well hidden by the surrounding woodland. Aggregate Industries can only expand downw...
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Spoil heaps often provide the most obvious and long-lived evidence for past mining activities. They are usually quite substantial in size and diff...
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Coal mining on the Clee Hills has been practiced since at least the 13th century. By the 16th century coal was well known for being plentiful in t...
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This uneven grassy area near Stokes Barn, Much Wenlock, is the remains of former limestone quarrying. Beneath the grass are the remains of work...
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