Scattered across an area of dense woodland. A track leads into the forest opposite Woodland Cottage (SJ 2165 5925), and the main mine site is located to the west of this path. Visible remnants include the remains of a rectangular stone building, partially standing to a height of 1.5m, situated at a junction of paths at SJ 2160 5875.
No 2 Shaft is located to the northeast of this building, while No 3 Shaft is documented as being further to the east within the woodland. Continuing west along the track leads to a second cluster of workings, visible as shafts, mounds, and areas of fine, powdery dressing waste amid conifers. The shaft at SJ 2140 5885 could have been the old whim shaft or No 1 Shaft, and collapsed shafts are visible at SJ 2143 5873 and SJ 2142 5887.
In the area south of the road and the Tir-y-Coed woods, evidence of later limestone workings exists. A large open hollow, possibly a shaft, is marked as an old kiln on the 1914 OS map, located near the foundations of rectangular stone buildings at SJ 2130 5910. The large shaft or limekiln at SJ 2140 5910 has a diameter of approximately 30m.
Transport-related features include the stone remains of a possible incline that once connected No. 3 Shaft to the western workings. A well-preserved raised trackway, measuring 1m wide and about 40 meters long, connected the shaft or lime-burning site at SJ 2140 5910 to the ore shoot, which lies immediately west of the large shaft. This trackway has a leat cut across its middle and is surrounded by boggy areas.
Processing remains include a concentration of fine powdery waste at SJ 2140 5880 and the stone foundations of derelict buildings at SJ 2130 5910, surrounded by grassed-over spoil mounds. These structures consist of two separate buildings, one approximately 3m x 9m and the other 3m x 4m, with substantial 18“ thick stone walls. The stone-built ore shoot near the site appears to be around 4m wide at the top.
The East Pant Du Lead Mining Company operated in the mid-19th century, working the Pant Du Vein at its easternmost extent within the Carboniferous Limestone of Nerquis Mountain. Smith (1921) refers to surface workings and three primary shafts associated with the company. The site was likely in use before the 1850s.
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- BGS - Mine Plans (large, zoomable) - Pant-Du And East Pant-Du Mines; 1 pages