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UER Forum > Archived World > Parys Mountain, Anglesey (Viewed 306 times) celtes  Location: Wales, UK Gender: Female  |  Parys Mountain, Anglesey < on 7/19/2010 2:40 PM >   I'd always wanted to visit Parys Copper Mine but had never gotten round to it. My friend and I decided to go one evening at sunset. It's like visiting an alien planet! Here's some history on the place: Parys Mountain is located south of the town of Amlwch in north east Anglesey, Wales. It is the site of a large copper mine that was extensively exploited in the late 18th century. The mountain was mined for copper ore in the early Bronze Age, as shown by sub-surface debris nearly 4,000 years old revealed during excavations in 2002. Since then access has been regained to the sealed underground workings of the Parys mine revealing further evidence for this ancient mining. Parys Mountain is thus one of the few sites in Britain where there is evidence for the prehistoric beginnings of the British metal mining industry. The 18th century miners recognised that they were following in the steps of much earlier workers, an observation that was then linked to the discovery locally of copper ingots bearing Roman inscriptions. In 1764 Charles Roe of Macclesfield was granted a 21-year lease by the Bayly family to work the mountain for copper. Rowland Pugh, a local miner, discovered the Great Lode on 2 March 1768 and was rewarded with a bottle of whisky and a rent-free house for his lifetime. Parys Mountain dominated the world's copper market during the 1780s, when the mine was the largest in Europe. Its rise severely damaged the mining industry in Cornwall. The copper from the mine was used to sheath the admiralty's wooden ships of war in order to prevent the growth of seaweed and barnacles and to prevent boring by worms. This increased the speed and manoeuvrability of the vessels, although it is said that Parys Mountain copper was also sold to the French for use by their fleet. click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view johnie walker   |  Re: Parys Mountain, Anglesey <Reply # 1 on 7/30/2010 10:28 PM >   nice pics one of the first places i ever explored was a long shut down goldmine where i grew up.torn down and forgotten about 50 years before i heard about it,it took me many months of searchin before i stumbled upon it. alien landscape is very much what it looked like even after such a long time being forgotten about thanks for sharing celtes  Location: Wales, UK Gender: Female  |  Re: Parys Mountain, Anglesey <Reply # 2 on 8/10/2010 8:38 PM >   Posted by johnie walker nice pics one of the first places i ever explored was a long shut down goldmine where i grew up.torn down and forgotten about 50 years before i heard about it,it took me many months of searchin before i stumbled upon it. alien landscape is very much what it looked like even after such a long time being forgotten about thanks for sharing Thank you! wow... that must have been quite exciting. No gold mines anywhere near us! I would love to get underground here though... there are still tools and things left from when the Romans were here apparently! UER Forum > Archived World > Parys Mountain, Anglesey (Viewed 306 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 78 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 741107492 pages have been generated.