ABSTRACT
At the gold mine of Dolaucothi is a wealth of surface and underground evidence spanning periods of exploitation from the Roman occupation up to the present day. In 1844 gold was rediscovered on the site. Since then several companies have made attempts to exploit the mineral, the last attempt being terminated in 1943. Various adit levels of the 19th and 20th century were driven into the walls of the Ogofau pit, or into the hillside above. These are known as Mill Adit, Middle Adit, Long Adit and Mitchell Adit, most of which are accessible as part of the National Trust's summer visitor programme. Long Adit is connected to Mitchell Adit by a vertical shaft, while stopes from the latter penetrate through to the surface in Mitchell Pit. The northern slopes of Allt Ogofau are covered by numerous old dumps and shallow surface explorations.
