Dolaucothi Gold Mines
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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, near Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The gold
Roman workings at Dolaucothi mine
Romano-British jewellery from Dolaucothi in the British Museum
The aqueducts at Dolaucothi
Small tank (A) near north opencast
Las Médulas
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Las Médulas is a historic gold-mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the comarca of El Bierzo. It was the most important gold mine, as well as the largest open-pit gold mine, in the entire Roman
Dolaucothi Gold Mines
…in modern Romania, at Rosia Montana, and with the Roman gold mines in north-west Spain, such as the very much larger site of alluvial mining at Las Médulas and Montefurado. The use of slave labour would have been limited to menial, repetitive or brute force tasks, as archeological remains show that only…
Panoramic view of Las Médulas
Panorama of Las Médulas, 2018
Rock-cut aqueduct in La Cabrera
Ghost town "Orellán" at Las Médulas, 1st–2nd centuries AD