Waenlas (Bach) drainage adit

[Andrew Fairley]

Hi all
I'm trying to plot the North Western ends of the Waenlas (continuation of Pant-du) & Waenlas Bach lead veins & locate the collapsed drainage adit into the River Alyn.

Chris Ebbs states (1) that several hundered meters of workings (Waenlas) are now accesible via a low drainge adit which opens into the River Alyn.

Coflein (2) also mentions the drainage level but for the Waenlas Back vein.

1. http://www.llanarmon.com/images/uploads/file/big_mines_hires.pdf

2. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/414215/details/WAENLAS+MINE,+LLANARMON/

Any help appreciated

.....Lister;~)

[evan john]

isn`t that the old Grosvenor dig that they used to pump out for access etc

[Ian A]

Lister .... is this the adit that is under Belgrave by Llanferres ?

(I think the same one Hoss is referring to)

Ian

[Andrew Fairley]

Hi Ian
It would be very close to Llanferes, I'll overlay Belgrave & see if it matches up before I ask any more questions!
Thanks for the info.

...Lister;~)

[Andrew Fairley]

Belgrave is much further south



Map overlay © Chris Ebbs

[Ian A]

Excellent map and I now know exactly where you mean.

I have been into the Waenlas vein at the Burley Hill Quarry - there is an entrance (might be two) just by the trees on the edge of the quarry and just by the footpath that goes along the fence. One route dives down to the quarry and becomes collapsed and the other route (into wood) is longer but with no workings to see.

I have not found any entrances south of the quarry though:(

The Pentrehobin vein is, however, open athough it is dammed to neck height and someone is using the water which is being piped. That connects on your map to the Pant Du vein which I didn't know. Do you know the dammed adit ? (it is do'able)

Ian

[Frank Hill]

Hi Lister
If you intend to go mooching please let me know as I live in Llanarmon and have an interest in the mining in the area.
I am finding all the info fragmented and very confusing so a walk with a knowledgable person would help!
Cheers
Frank

[Andrew Fairley]

Thanks for all the info
I managed to get in touch with Cris Ebbs who said that 'the drainage adit emerges at SJ19376091 south of the road bridge & ford on private land', although there is a public footpath in the area. There is also a collapsed adit 50yds further upstream.

Frank, I'm hardly a knowlegable person, I've forgotten more than I've learnt but will give you a nod when I get back over that way.

....Lister;~)

[Jacob Mitchell]

Might've found this

[Dave Tyson]

That looks interesting but a tad wet   Might we worth a punt in the summer...

Dave

[ilt]

How tall is it Jacob? Foreshortening by the cellphone camera makes it difficult to scale. Did you also look at the one around 400 feet upstream?

Time we went back Dave?

[Jacob Mitchell]

How tall is it Jacob? Foreshortening by the cellphone camera makes it difficult to scale. Did you also look at the one around 400 feet upstream?

Time we went back Dave?

Not very tall. Crawling job, quite wet so probably one for when we have a bit less rain (it was draining quite well). Only saw the one adit, however this was quite far south of Cris Ebbs' grid ref so this might be the 400ft upstream one. It was as if it had been cut into from above as it headed in two directions, so can't have been the mouth of the adit itself