An unusual copper smelter at Coed-y-Brenin. According to the National Museum of Wales "Coed-y-Brenin, Dolgellau, Gwynedd: copper occurred at the Turf Copper Mine, impregnating/replacing decayed vegetable matter in a peat bog fed by groundwaters percolating through the Coed-y-Brenin porphyry-copper deposit."
Peat was burned in the smelter to obtain small amounts of copper.
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Keywords:coed-y-brenin, copper, cymru, dolgellausmelting, kilns, peat, smelters, turf copper mine, wales