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Minera Lead Mines
Mineral Lead Mine and Country Park covers 53 acres of grassland, wooded areas and archaeological lead mine sites, Minera boasts a great variety of wildlife and endless opportunities to explore the beautiful countryside of Minera Mountain.
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Great Orme Mines
3,500-YEAR-OLD COPPER MINE LIES beneath a hillside in Great Orme, Wales. The mine, deemed the largest prehistoric copper mine in the world.
No need to book, purchase tickets on arrival.
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Dolaucothi Gold Mines
Gold mines in use from Roman times to the 20th century. These unique gold mines are set amid wooded hillsides overlooking the beautiful Cothi Valley.
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Clearwell Caves - Ancient Iron Mines
An atmospheric and mysterious natural cave that has been mined for iron ore and ochre pigments for over 4,500 years. Nine impressive caverns for visitors to explore, descending 100ft underground.
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Sygun Copper Mine
Self-guided audio-visual tours through the old workings on foot. Winding tunnels and large colourful chambers with magnificent stalactite and stalagmite formations. A rare opportunity to explore tunnels abandoned in 1903.
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Blackwood Miners' Institute
Blackwood Miners’ Institute is one of the most exciting performing arts venues in South Wales. Creating and presenting the highest quality professional and community arts for a diverse range of audiences and participants.
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Bryntail Lead Mine Buildings (Cadw)
Sitting in the shadow of the dam at the southern end of Llyn Clywedog Reservoir, Bryntail’s buildings illuminate a time when this tranquil spot was a bustling site of industry.
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South Wales Miners Museum
The South Wales Miners’ Museum originally named Welsh Miners’ Museum was the first in Wales and an award winning Museum from 1976.
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Minerva Arts Centre | Welsh Heritage Quilts
The Welsh Heritage Quilt Collection of nearly 300 antique and vintage quilts contains many made in Wales during the 19th and 20th Centuries many from the Llanidloes and Mid Wales area.
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Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
The Cefn Coed Colliery Museum tells the story of coal mining at the Cefn Coed Colliery, once the deepest anthracite coal mine in the world.
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