Then take a tour underground, discover how a limekiln works, peep into a busy working quarry or find out what life was like on Halkyn for the miners, quarrymen and their families. Halkyn …

Quarrying on Halkyn Mountain Stone has been quarried from Halkyn Mountain for hundreds of years. Early quarries were small as the rock was taken by hand using simple crowbars, …

Come and explore Halkyn Mountain and enjoy fabulous views over the Dee Estuary and the Clwydian Range. This wild open landscape has never been enclosed and is still common land.

Halkyn Mountain is described as a limestone plateau, although its geology is far more complex than that with layers of chert, millstone grit, clay and sand and gravel. Fossil Hunting > Where …

Whether you are a teacher who wants to use Halkyn Mountain in your teaching or a student wanting to do some research for a project, there’s plenty here for you.

Victorian Halkyn Life in a Lead Mining Community; Limestone. Lime and Limekilns. Waen y Brodlas – How a Limekiln Works; Waen y Brodlas in Victorian times; Restoration of the kilns at …

The kilns on Halkyn Mountain vary in size but the most spectacular is a block of five large commercial kilns at Waen y Brodlas that were designed for high output. Hydraulic lime from …

Halkyn Mountain is a great place for a field trip for all age groups, whether you want to look for the remains of lead mining, visit a working quarry, look at the limekilns and old quarries, study the …

HALKYN MOUNTAIN COMMON An Educational Resource Pack This short walk, approximately 3km/ 2 miles, is ideal for introducing children to the mining and quarrying history, the geology …

Ysgol Brynffordd visit Waen y Brodlas limekilns and Pant-y-pwll dŵr Quarry “It was amazing how they used to get the lime into the kilns. I didn’t know how it worked and now I know!