Mine Chimney at Castell, Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1026 / 53°6'9"N

Longitude: -3.1774 / 3°10'38"W

OS Eastings: 321267

OS Northings: 356806

OS Grid: SJ212568

Mapcode National: GBR 6Y.8GPS

Mapcode Global: WH77K.586S

Plus Code: 9C5R4R3F+22

Entry Name: Mine Chimney at Castell

Listing Date: 29 May 1998

Last Amended: 29 May 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19921

Building Class: Industrial

ID on this website: 300019921

Location: Situated on bank of stream some 150m WSW of Castell farmhouse, which is some 700m N of Graianrhyd on the road to Eryrys.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Llanarmon-yn-Ial (Llanarmon-yn-Iâl)

Community: Llanarmon-yn-Ial

Locality: Graianrhyd

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

Mine-chimney associated with former lead-mine, presumably mid C19. Possibly the Castell engine shaft worked as part of the Nant and Bog mines by the Westminster Mines up to the 1850s, or the Bog East trial shaft.

Exterior

Lead-mine chimney, limestone rubble, circular and tapering, some 7m high.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a relatively rare surviving structure of the regionally important lead-mining industry.

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Mine Chimney at Castell

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Denbighshire