Museum
Great Orme Mines
30 locals recommend,
Location
Llandudno, Wales
Tips from locals
This place is a MUST visit. 3,000 year old mines that you actually get to walk through. Everyone I have taken there has really enjoyed the underground experience. Head for the Great Orme in Llandudno and its sign-posted.
"...Stonehenge is certainly a world class site, but now it is joined by the Bronze Age copper mines of the Great Orme" - Current Archaeology
Dogs have to be on a lead but are welcome to join you at the copper mines. Underground adventures await!
Located in Beautiful Llandudno North Wales Uncovered in 1987 during a scheme to landscape an area of the Great Orme, the copper mines discovered represent one of the most astounding archaeological discoveries of recent times. Dating back 4,000 years to the Bronze Age they change our views about the ancient people of Britain and their civilized and structured society 2,000 years before the Roman invasion. Over the past 28 years mining engineers, cavers and archaeologists have been slowly uncovering more tunnels and large areas of the surface landscape to reveal what is now thought to be the largest prehistoric mine, so far discovered in the world.
Located in Beautiful Llandudno North Wales Uncovered in 1987 during a scheme to landscape an area of the Great Orme, the copper mines discovered represent one of the most astounding archaeological discoveries of recent times. Dating back 4,000 years to the Bronze Age they change our views about the…
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