Esgair Mwyn Lead Mine Cardiganshire

Esgair Mwyn is a dissused lead mine in north Cardiganshire. It was last worked in 1966. Our interest in this mine is because it was most probably the one in which great grandmother Margaret Morris worked as a young girl in about 1860, together with her parents, brothers and sisters. The family was known to be mining from 1841 to 1878 and probably over a wider period.

	A view of the mine from a distance taken in 2004

The valuation map produced before about 1910 shows levels and shafts which could not be found on the recent visit but on higher ground, newer shafts were seen that are not marked on the valuation map. This may be due to a much older map being used for the valuation. Click on the button below for history of the mine.

Valuation Map for Esgair Mwyn courtesy The National Archives, ref. IR 131/5/151

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