Cwm Ceunant Copper Mine
Looking over to the Carneddau from the middle adit
| Date | 19 February 2011 | ||
| Location | Cwm Ceunant, Carnedd y Filiast | SH 62563 63756; 53.15314°N, 4.05673°W | |
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Spoil heaps for the workings, which were on three levels, are visible from Lon Las Ogwen on the valley floor. The mine is on the 350m contour in Cwm Ceunant, on the slopes of Carnedd y Filiast in the Glyderau range. Although the entrance to the bottom adit is completely covered over by a waste heap, the entrances to the middle and top adits are still clear.
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Entrance to the middle adit
Looking over the spoil on the middle level to the Carneddau (Yr Elen and Carnedd Llewelyn can be seen topped with a dusting of snow)
At the entrance of the middle adit
At the entrance to the middle adit. The light on the left wall near the centre is from a short shaft to the surface.
Old chains in the stope on the top level
From the entrance to the middle level
Looking out to the Carneddau from the middle adit
Middle adit
Entrance to the top adit
Entrance to the top adit
Looking out from the top adit
Floor timbers in stoped area on top level
Fabulous photos, Graham…with superb lighting. This mine is a fascinating one, I was reading about it a while ago in David Bick’s book. Thanks to you I shall put it top of my “To Explore” list!!
Iain Robinson
February 21, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Thanks, Iain. It was in a borrowed copy of Bick’s book that I read about this place too. Pity there isn’t more in there on the history of these particular workings.
Graham Stephen
February 21, 2011 at 2:02 pm
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