Included here are images from recent archaeological work carried out by the EMRG in conjunction with the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust at Bronfloyd Lead Mine Penrhyncoch, Ceredigion.
These pictures show the base of wooden jigging frames, buddle circles and the 40ft diameter wheelpit on the dressing floors (photographs taken circa 1890's, 2009 and then in 2010 following consolidation and rebuilding.)
This work was funded by CADW and the Spirit of the Miners/PLWM initiatives of Ceredigion County Council.
This website was made possible by a grant from the Cambrian Archaeology Association
1890 photograph of the 40 foot wheel
for the crusher houses
Restored wheelpit in 2010.
A second brick-
‘The 40’ stone and brick -
Wooden launders on the edge of the jigging frames
Photographs by S. Timberlake and EMRG.
