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Cave and Mine Exploring => Knowledge Bank => Topic started by: Ian A on Apr 26, 2011, 01:07 PM

Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Ian A on Apr 26, 2011, 01:07 PM
Location
SH 943 682 & SH 944 683

Directions
Marked as “Level and “Tips” on the O/s map respectively and on a public footpath just outside of Bryn Rhyd Yr Arian.

Access
Unknown / Ungated

Suggested Equipment
None

Length
Unknown

Flood Risk
Water appears to be greater than wellie depth at both entrances. Risks unknown.

Mine Attributes
Unknown

Description
Not entered â€" unknown.

Unexplored Passages
All unexplored

Digs
None Known

Links
None Known
Title: Re: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Ian A on Apr 26, 2011, 01:07 PM
(https://test.anduin.org.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi60.servimg.com%2Fu%2Ff60%2F13%2F40%2F19%2F59%2Fdscf0914.jpg&hash=210da25b873629f11719ea5b049752e49308e67a) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=1670&u=13401959)

Adit #1 (marked as "level")



(https://test.anduin.org.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi60.servimg.com%2Fu%2Ff60%2F13%2F40%2F19%2F59%2Fdscf0915.jpg&hash=3b0d981fef7cbbfcf37bad3460c9c4f108e7b8cf) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=1671&u=13401959)

Adit #1 (marked as "level")



(https://test.anduin.org.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi60.servimg.com%2Fu%2Ff60%2F13%2F40%2F19%2F59%2Fdscf0916.jpg&hash=39cc02c77de34e6341faffded3f0d15253b25dde) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=1672&u=13401959)

Adit #1 (marked as "level")




(https://test.anduin.org.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi60.servimg.com%2Fu%2Ff60%2F13%2F40%2F19%2F59%2Fdscf0919.jpg&hash=30de87fb9d5759402105744058b081f206b331db) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=1675&u=13401959)

Adit #2 (marked as "Tips")



(https://test.anduin.org.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi60.servimg.com%2Fu%2Ff60%2F13%2F40%2F19%2F59%2Fdscf0918.jpg&hash=b3913832e8e9a40f55dc3619c51df09b4da73168) (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=1674&u=13401959)

Adit #2 (marked as "Tips")
Title: Re: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on Dec 05, 2022, 12:05 PM
Waders for this gaz
Title: Re: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Ian A on Dec 05, 2022, 01:46 PM
Steve,

Just in case you didn't read the description "thoroughly"  :whistle:   I didn't go in either of these adits and cannot vouch for their length  :oops:
Title: Re: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on Dec 05, 2022, 02:32 PM
Thanks Ian.
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Gareth Stonely on Dec 05, 2022, 04:11 PM
Be worth poking our heads in this copper mine, see if it's worth future trips
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on Dec 05, 2022, 04:17 PM
I think so. We should go scope it out one night.
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Gareth Stonely on Dec 05, 2022, 04:25 PM
Yeah it's on a very long list, so will have to start ticking some of these places off
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on May 19, 2023, 06:22 PM
Still need to go here
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Richard Timms on May 20, 2023, 07:41 PM
I'm up for a visit  :)
Title: Re: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on May 24, 2023, 11:28 PM
Ian do you have a grid ref ?
Title: Re: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Gareth Stonely on May 24, 2023, 11:34 PM
[quote="Stevekennedy" post=45218]Ian do you have a grid ref ?[/quote]

The grid ref is at the top of the page B)
Title: Re: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on May 25, 2023, 07:08 AM
I saw after I posted lol haha
Title: Re: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: ilt on May 25, 2023, 08:15 PM
EDIT: content removed from public area of bulletin board.
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Martin Done on Oct 04, 2023, 07:45 AM
Hi Ian, Adit1 appears to be on my land and I can’t find it. I think it has been filled in but was wondering if you can remember where abouts it was? Thanks
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on Oct 04, 2023, 08:32 AM
Pretty sure me and Gaz have been to see this one ?
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on Oct 04, 2023, 08:36 AM
Do you have the wind turbine on your land ? With the foot path that comes down the steel bank?
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Martin Done on Oct 04, 2023, 09:05 AM
The turbine is mine but that field belongs to someone else, they screwed the land up when they sold it off six years ago. The farm house, barn etc is mine with two fields and the woods.
The footpath seems to have been moved to cross the field rather than come down that bank now. The council came out and have put a new style up in the field which brings you out by the entrance to the mine.
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Gareth Stonely on Oct 04, 2023, 09:12 AM
Hi Doney
Adit #1 is hidden behind a load off ferns and bushes just off the footpath at SH94124 68101
The entrance is now a lot smaller than in Ian's photo.
Please see photo's attached
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on Oct 04, 2023, 09:12 AM
are you are you an explorer ?  I wouldn’t go in the mine alone the ground in places in there has some collapses.
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Martin Done on Oct 04, 2023, 09:27 AM
Not an explorer but I was wanting to have a look inside the main entrance at some point. I read that the mines lead to the field that’s at the top of the driveway.
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Martin Done on Oct 04, 2023, 09:29 AM
I’m struggling to find the exact point. Is it by the gate to the house on the bank?
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Martin Done on Oct 04, 2023, 09:41 AM
I can see where it is on the map now. The other coordinates put it in my cow shed  :lol:
That should still be on the footpath then.
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on Oct 04, 2023, 09:54 AM
So walk down the bank from the turbine jump
Over the style and its along the ferns in the bank
On the right. It’s not
Obvious to see it was heavily over grown. Ideally wants digging out and the water draining there’s a mine cart in one of them.
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Martin Done on Oct 04, 2023, 10:06 AM
Thanks Steve, I might wait until it’s dried up and go for a look. Been here five years now and never got around to it.
I believe there is a mine entrance in one of the fields at the top of my drive. A group explored it a while back and I found it through googleing Bryn Nantllech. It’s owned by a coupe on Bryn Rhyd Yr Arian if you’re interested. I don’t know if the mine runs underneath our land or if it would be a separate mine.
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Gareth Stonely on Oct 04, 2023, 03:34 PM
[quote="Doney" post=46025]Thanks Steve, I might wait until it’s dried up and go for a look. Been here five years now and never got around to it.
I believe there is a mine entrance in one of the fields at the top of my drive. A group explored it a while back and I found it through googleing Bryn Nantllech. It’s owned by a coupe on Bryn Rhyd Yr Arian if you’re interested. I don’t know if the mine runs underneath our land or if it would be a separate mine.[/quote]

I'd be interested to see if there's another adit or shaft to see. The water in the two adits is no deeper than waste deep and some waders should be sufficient to keep you dry. If you would like us to come along with you, you can email me at Chairman@ucet.org.uk

Gaz
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Martin Done on Oct 04, 2023, 04:00 PM
Thanks Gaz.
Do you know if they kept plans for the tunnelling and how to get hold of them such as a library etc?
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on Oct 04, 2023, 04:51 PM
[quote="Doney" post=46025]Thanks Steve, I might wait until it’s dried up and go for a look. Been here five years now and never got around to it.
I believe there is a mine entrance in one of the fields at the top of my drive. A group explored it a while back and I found it through googleing Bryn Nantllech. It’s owned by a coupe on Bryn Rhyd Yr Arian if you’re interested. I don’t know if the mine runs underneath our land or if it would be a separate mine.[/quote]

It defo won’t dry up the water is trapped. Unless you want to help it drain itself  :whistle:
Title: Bryn Nantllech Adits
Post by: Steve on Oct 04, 2023, 04:52 PM
[quote="Doney" post=46033]Thanks Gaz.
Do you know if they kept plans for the tunnelling and how to get hold of them such as a library etc?[/quote]

Try the records office in denbigh they’ll show you what there is.