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Landscape view of Frongoch Lead Mine, Cwmnewyddion.

The Wemyss mine was a lead and zinc mine which operated in conjunction with Frongoch Mine, working the Frongoch lode intermittently from 1861 to 1899, together with West Frongoch.

Used as a location for episode 3 of Y Gwyll / Hinterland, a detective thriller set in Ceredigion.

Ref: DI2006_0316

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