Yes, I did forget my fenix so I had to resort to using Halogen lighting, but all the same I first came across this mine a few years ago whilst on holiday, I returned to it the day before yesturday to have a better look.
Basically it consists of a small Glyn meandering it's way towards the sea, within which are several levels and open stopes. The main workings are on the east side of The Glyn, the top of which appears to be an impressive open working, now filled with quite a lot of rubbish, from where you can look a long way down.
A level not far below and slightly to the south of the open stope soon opens out into this impressive chamber (one in photo), in which are several atractive pillars, various areas of evidently quite deeply flooded stoping, as well as the remains of an incline headgear, flooded incline + a section of complete tracking.
The flooded areas & incline head were an easy scramble down to the next level from the one in which we entered. The level continues from this chamber in a westerly direction towards daylight. In the other direction the level terminates at a deep pool of water, a continuation of the tunnel could be seen at the far end, might be worth doing another trip there at some point. [photo]Nant-Gadwen-Manganese-Mine-Manganese-Mine-User-Album-Image-30111[/photo]



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