Penysarn

Settlement in Anglesey

Wales

Penysarn

Trig point Parys Mountain The flush bracket revealing OS BM S7305. <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4637442">SH4490 : OS Flush bracket on Parys Mountain</a> — Trig point Parys Mountain Credit: Richard Hoare

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Penysarn Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 53.390626/-4.318989 or Grid Reference SH4590. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Trig point Parys Mountain

The flush bracket revealing OS BM S7305. SH4490 : OS Flush bracket on Parys Mountain

Richard Hoare

Five sailed windmill Parys Mountain

Built 1878 to help pump water from the mine.

Richard Hoare

Panorama of Amlwch

From the windmill on Parys Mountain.

Richard Hoare

OS Flush bracket on Parys Mountain

On the trig point revealing OS BM S7305.SH4490 : Trig point Parys Mountain

Richard Hoare

Ruins of Mona Mine Yard

Originally the offices, smithy, mortuary and stores were the focus of the mine's surface activities.

Richard Hoare

Five Sailed Windmill Located at Parys Mountain

The windmill itself was built in the year 1878 upon the summit of Parys Mountain. The unique and unusual design of the windmill meant that it had 5 sails. Currently the building is used as a sheltered information site.

Meg Hoare

Hillside Opencast

Disused opencast mine.

Richard Hoare

Hammer Stones

These are located underground in old bell pits that date from the Bronze Age. Peat/vegetation remains associated with these are carbon dated to approximately 3500 years ago. They were used to pound against the rock to break it up. The stones are geologically different to the rocks of the mine and are thought to originate from Porth Wen nearby.

Chris Andrews

Wild flowers & spoil heaps, Parys Mountain, Anglesey

Colin Park

Ruin, Near Tyddyn-mawr

Chris Andrews

Communication Masts, Nebo

Chris Andrews

Down in the big opencast

The lunar landscape as seen from down in the bottom of the big opencast of Parys copper mine. The multicoloured rocks are reminiscent of Arizona or Utah, but here they are mostly due to staining by the mineral content.

Gordon Hatton

An interesting looking hole

From the rim of the big opencast of Parys mine, this looked like an interesting hole down in the bottom of the pit. On examination it proved less exciting as it appeared to be no more than a cave, presumably excavated by pick and shovel in search of copper ore. Enough water inside to deter exploration.

Gordon Hatton

Old mine entrance, Parys Mountain

This looks like the entrance to a level within the confines of the big opencast at Parys Mine. It's also rather like those images from old 'western' films where gold mining might be featured.

Gordon Hatton

Precipitation ponds

Much copper could be won from the use of these precipitation ponds, as copper rich liquid draining from the mines could be contained here. Scrap iron, often brought in from far and wide, would be thrown into the ponds where the liquid reacted with the iron, dissolving it and leaving a copper rich sludge which could then be dried and smelted in nearby kilns.

Gordon Hatton

Remains of old kilns at Mona Mine

These kilns are on the hillside above the precipitation ponds of Mona Mine, and it was here that the copper rich sludge retrieved from the ponds was dried and then roasted. There's still plenty of slag around the area which even now has a distinctly sulphurous smell.

Gordon Hatton