<< Our Photo Pages >> Dolaucothi - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Wales in Carmarthenshire
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EventsSite Name: Dolaucothi Alternative Name: OgofauCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 6.042 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Carmarthenshire Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Lampeter Nearest Village: Pumsaint
Map Ref: SN66384025 Landranger Map Number: 146
Latitude: 52.044493N Longitude: 3.949758W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Gold panning is fun but won't make you rich! The goldmine at Dolaucothi near Lampeter at grid ref: SN664402.
The Journal of Antiquities features a page for this old Roman old mine - see their entry for Dolaucothi Roman Mines, Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire, which includes directions for finding the site, a photograph of the mine entrance, some background information and their source of information: Houlder, Christopher., Wales: An Archaeological Guide – the prehistoric, Roman and early medieval field monuments, Faber, London, 1978.
The mine is recorded as Coflein NPRN 95141, along with one of the spoil heaps - see Coflein 402248.
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