Dolaucothi Gold Mine Project

Four photograph albums and two printed books.

The Dolaucothi Gold Mines (also known as the Ogofau Gold mine) are ancient Roman surface and underground mines located in the valley of the River Cothi, Carmarthenshire.

The gold mine was the site of a Cardiff University field centre for 21 years from 1978. The staff and students of Mining and Minerals Engineering and Mining Geology undertook the first five-year phase of making the mine safe. In conjunction with the National Trust, various stages of development then led to the Gold Mine taking on the appearance of a 1930s vintage metalliferous mine and represented a working example of industrial conservation.

Within this developing scene, the University, the National Trust and Gwent College of Higher Education established a three-year Education Project. Part of this collaboration involved working with primary school teachers and children in the production of teaching resource materials based on the Welsh literary heritage and the Romans.

The gold mines are located within land which is now owned by the National Trust.

Chronological order

Ar Agor / Open

Dim cyfyngiadau / No Restrictions

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Acc No: 8819

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen / Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Carmarthenshire Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Carmarthenshire Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Compiled by Terry Wells for Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire Archives using the following source: Carmarthenshire Archives Service Catalogue, CDX/926. See: The Roman Gold Mine at Dolaucothi (availabe online) https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dolaucothi/features/the-roman-gold-mine-at-dolaucothi accessed 21 Oct. 2021.

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi eu cadw / All records which meet the collection policy of the Carmarthenshire Archives have been retained

Deposited in March 2019.

Ni ddisgwylir croniadau / Accruals are not expected