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Darllen yn GymraegDiscover mining landscapes in the Cambrian Mountains
Metal mining shaped valleys and communities in northern and upland Ceredigion. Around places such as Cwmystwyth and Cwmsymlog, surviving buildings, spoil and water-management features reveal the scale of earlier work. Choose interpreted sites and permitted routes for a visit; the historical interest of a mine does not make its shafts or ruins safe to enter.
Trace the wider industry
Spoil heaps, ruined buildings and waterwheels reveal how extraction shaped whole valleys. Cwmsymlog, Pontrhydygroes and Llywernog provide useful names to investigate when planning a heritage-focused visit.
Explore from appropriate routes
Choose interpreted sites and permitted paths. Abandoned workings can contain dangerous shafts and unstable structures, so do not enter tunnels or climb through remains. Leave buildings, vegetation and spoil undisturbed.
Keep exploring
Image credits: Tregaron Market Place.jpg — Gordon Hatton / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons). · Footpath below Pen Dinas - geograph.org.uk - 4544437.jpg — Philip Halling / CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons). Images may be resized or cropped for the layout.
