Cwmystwyth Mine

Cwmystwyth Mine is a scheduled monument due to its history of mining, and due to the bronze age archaeology that has been found there, including the Banc Tynddol sun-disc, a gold ornament dated to 2450-2150 BCE.

There is evidence of sporadic mining throughout a great deal of history – bronze Age, Roman, early Medieval, with written records of the working found in 1537, and a history of the mine owners available from 1704, found at the NMRS link below.

Mindat lists 32 minerals from the site, including some less common species alongside the ones we’d expect from a lead-zinc mine.

Further reading:

• Northern Mine Research Society
• http://cambrianmines.co.uk/cwmysytwyth.htm
• https://geoguide.scottishgeologytrust.org/p/gcr/gcr36/gcr36_cwmystwythmine
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cwmystwyth_Mines
• https://www.mindat.org/loc-4257.html

If you are interested in other local specimens, we may have stock from the following locales:

• Bwlch Glas Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales
• Cwmystwyth Mine, Cwmystwyth, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales
• Eaglebrook Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales
• Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Upper Llanfihangell-y-Creuddyn, Ceredigion, Wales
• Gwaith Yr Afon mine, Goginan, Trefeirig, Ceredigion, Wales
• Hafan Mine, Tal-y-bont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales
• Penrhiw Mine, Ystumtuen, Cwmrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales
• Ystrad Einion Mine, Furnace, Ysgubor-y-coed, Ceredigion, Wales

Alternately, try browsing by county: • Bridgend • Caerphilly • Cardiff • Ceredigion • Clwyd • Conwy • Gwynedd • Isle of Anglesey • Powys • Rhondda Cynon Taf • Vale of Glamorgan •

For the rest of our stock from the entire UK, see below.

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