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Llechfraith Adit, Clogau St David's Gold Mine

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Llechfraith Adit, Clogau St David's Gold Mine by Malcolm Street as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

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Llechfraith Adit, Clogau St David's Gold Mine

Image: © Malcolm Street Taken: Unknown

Yes! There are Gold Mines in the UK, many of them in Wales. This mine was worked extensively between 1861 and 1907 when some 77,500 ounces of Gold were produced. It has been worked in a small way on several occasions up to 20 years ago.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

Leaflet Map data © OpenStreetMap

Latitude

52.753047

Longitude

-3.975033