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Llywernog

Just to the north of the village lies the Llywernog Lead-Silver Mine Museum and Caverns. Described by the Good Museums Guide as “one of the best commercial museums in Britain”, the museum covers the history of this major rural industry in mid-Wales. This mine opened in 1740 and had its most prosperous period between 1850 and 1879. In the slump that followed most of the mines closed for good, but Llywernog refused to die and was briefly reopened in 1903 as a zinc prospect. That enterprise collapsed in 1910 and in 1953 the giant waterwheel was blown up for scrap. In 1973, a young mining historian and his father bought the mine and established the museum. Visitors can take a self-guided tour around the workings, go deep underground on a 45-minute guided caplamp tour, and try panning the mine’s minerals for silver and gems. Whatever you find, you can keep! Also on site are a gift shop, a cosy tearoom and a picnic site.