are there in the eria of Shropshire border Wales any Roman or older remains of Quarry's and mines??
and what are the nice place's to look for minerals.
thank you Thomas
I can think of two, but there must be many more:
LLANYMYNECH OGOF NGR SJ 2690 2210 LLANYMYNECH
A 525 feet (main entrance) L 1320 feet VR 75 feet
A Roman copper mine which, despite many articles to the contrary, is entirely man-made in limestone.
Follow the main Oswestry road out of the village of Llanmynech and after 1½ miles turn left at Cross Guns Inn. Follow the signpost to golf links. Park at the end of the road, turn right and walk across the open hill for about 150 yards (watch out for players!).
MAESHAFN CAVE also known as BIG COVERT CAVE LLANFERRES
NGR SJ 1980 6050 A 900 feet L 300 feet Scheduled as an Ancient Monument
A quarter of a mile west of the village of Maeshafn, take the lane leading south past the western edge of the Big Covert. This name is used on the 6th but not the 7th edition of the 1” OS map. It is used by the Forestry Commission on their notices. Fork east through the gate along a grass track, which is followed for 250 yards to just past the brow of a hill. The cave entrance is 15 yards west of the track. This is a natural cave that has been much modified by mining. It has the remains of a wooden gate at the entrance. A descending passage which is 6 feet high and 5 feet wide runs for 115 feet to a fork. The left branch is a natural cave: a low crawl over loose rock for 95 feet leads to a muddy choke. The right branch is a mined passage 4½ feet high which meets a pool of water after 95 feet. All the natural parts of the cave descend steeply at about 20° from the horizontal. It was excavated in 1950 by N E Pritchard who uncovered 6 skeletons and a Romano-British brooch in the shape of a fish. Finds are in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
Cutting coal in my spare time.