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    Cefn Hendy iron ore mine, Llantrisant

    I just got hold of a brand new document which included an interesting paragraph, though no further map but it sounds like the mine might be a little more extensive than the overlay map I already had.
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    Cefn Hendy iron ore mine, Llantrisant

    Lol, thanks. I'm unlikely to explore it myself, I lack both equipment and experience. That said, if I were to investigate I was thinking more of creating a remote rover with a camera but I can't see me getting a kilometre of cable to run it :) Yes, the gate might be just open enough for...
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    Cefn Hendy iron ore mine, Llantrisant

    I finally found some of my old files. The map was an old map I found in a document on the web, so I scaled it and overlaid it on google maps. Also some photos of the gated adit I took a few years ago.
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    Cefn Hendy iron ore mine, Llantrisant

    The blue line is roughly the path of the mine that I remember from the old map, I‘lol have to try and find the original. The red X is where the gated adit is, quite easy to get to but padlocked if I remember rightly. The yellow X is where the backfilled adit is from the first photo I posted. A...
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    Cefn Hendy iron ore mine, Llantrisant

    None of those. I’ll try draw a map of where it is.
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    Cefn Hendy iron ore mine, Llantrisant

    Has anyone got photos or explored an old mine that sits under Cefn Hendy, between Pontyclun and Llantrisant in South Wales? It’s an old mine, I believe all the shafts are filled but two adits remain. One is gated and the other is back filled though you can hear drips echoing from behind the...
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