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Mines in Denbighshire

Denbighshire's karstic limestone country around Loggerheads and the River Alyn was extensively worked for lead and zinc through the 18th and 19th centuries, its old mine workings and a leat built in 1824 to serve the Mold mines now folded into the popular Loggerheads Country Park.

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MineWorkedCommodities
Cynwyd Forest Quarry to By 1983 Mudstone
Deeside and Moelfferna Quarries 1870–1947 Slate
Loggerheads worked from at least the 18th century–19th century Lead, Zinc
Meliden Lead Mines Worked from at least the 1630s–1905 Lead, Zinc

Record created: 24 August 2026

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