- The
Dolaucothi Gold
Mines (pronounced [ˌdɔlaiˈkɔθɪ]; Welsh:
Mwynfeydd Aur
Dolaucothi) (grid
reference SN662403), also
known as the
Ogofau Gold Mine, are...
- Wales, gold is
found in a
small area in the
valley of the
River Cothi at
Dolaucothi where it is
known to have been
mined by the Romans.
Celtic jewellery such...
- The
Dolaucothi Estate (also Dolaucothy) is
situated about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of the
village of Caio up the
Cothi Valley in the
community of Cynwyl...
- the
valley of the Afon Cothi. It
forms part of the
extensive estate of
Dolaucothi,
which is
owned by the
National Trust. The name is
Welsh for "Five Saints"...
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extensively by the Romans, and can
still be seen at many sites, such as the
Dolaucothi goldmines. They used the
aqueducts to
prospect for ores by
sluicing away...
- page for
dolaucothi-gold-mines, accessdate=28
January 2016
National Trust web page for /
dolaucothi-gold-mines/trails/estate-trail-at-
dolaucothi, accessdate=27...
- needed] Britain's gold
mines were
located in
Wales at
Dolaucothi. The
Romans discovered the
Dolaucothi vein soon
after their invasion, and they used hydraulic...
-
geologist John S.
Jackson about mines in
Ireland and Lewis,
Jones in
Dolaucothi goldmine in Wales, and the
pioneering work of
Ronald F. Tylecote. Moreover...
-
including at
Dolaucothi (Wales), and on the
Iberian peninsula,
where the
datable examples are from the 1st and 2nd
century AD. At
Dolaucothi,
these trip-hammers...
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smaller deposits in Britain, such as
placer and hard-rock
deposits at
Dolaucothi. The
various methods they used are well
described by
Pliny the
Elder in...
