Trial levels above Tan-y-Garth, Gerlan.
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Trial levels above Tan-y-Garth, Gerlan.
Image: © Elfyn Edwards Taken: 14 Apr 2008
This is one of the copper trial levels on the west side of Y Garth, not far from the old pumping station above Ciltwllan. The tunnel descends quickly and is flooded. There are others close by. Excavations started in 1783 by a Mr. Baker who may have been an agent of the Penrhyn Estate. The site yielded 232 tons of arsenic-pyrities according to David Bick's excellent book on Old Copper Mines of Snowdonia.
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