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Welsh Mines Society
Cymdeithas Mwyngloddiau Cymru
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Summer Field Meet. 10/11th June, 2000.
Ogofau Gold and the small mines of the southern Cambrian Mountains.
Based at the Black Lion Royal Hotel in Lampeter - Leader
Peter Claughton.
As to the programme of events, this was as follows:
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Saturday - Ogofau Gold Mine, Dolaucothi
(Roman and 19th/20th century mining). Meet 11:00 am at the National
Trust carpark (NGR SN 663 403) - small charge for non-NT members.
Archaeological and geological expertise was on hand to assist in interpretation
of the site. Trips to the Gwenlais leat were also provided
in the afternoon.
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Saturday evening - dinner at Black Lion. (menu)
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Sunday - Small mines of the
southern Cambrian Mountains (Brynambor and Rhysgog). Started
at 10:00 am at Llanddewibrefi (small public car park in the village on
the righthand side of the road to Ffarmers, SN 6630 5524) - with limited
parking at the mines car sharing was necessary.
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Brynambor is a remote mine, but accessible by road, where the iron
work, including rods, of the pumping and winding arrangement still remain
on site as abandoned.
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Rhysgog is an enigmatic early mine with a spectacular leat arrangement,
only accessible on foot (2 mile round trip, climbing c. 450') - strong
footwear essential.
View field
notes for this meet and download references
to Rhyscog Mining Company from 1860 Mining Journal. (WinZipped
Word 6.0 format - requires 'Blackletter 686 BT' TrueType font. To
download click here and save to c:\windows\fonts,
or c:\windows\system if using Win3.1)