PhD study on metal pollution
METALLIFEROUS POLLUTION IN AN ARCHAEOLOGICALLY
IMPORTANT SITE ON ANGLESEY, NORTH WALES, UK
PhD thesis by Luke Curtis 2004 Nottingham Trent University
Parys Mountain is situated on Anglesey, North Wales, UK and since the Bronze Age,
has been exploited for the metal rich ores that exist there due to its diverse geology.
The site is approximately 3km2 in area and is archaeologically important because of
a significant industrial past of which many remnants of buildings still stand.
Artefacts from the Roman and Bronze Age have also been discovered in the area. At
one time the mine was the World’s largest producer of copper and saw the greatest
amount of productivity between 1768 and 1802. This was followed by a gradual to
decline in production during the first part of the 1900’s. Prolonged anthropogenic
activity at Parys Mountain has left the area composed of spoil tips, paths,
precipitation ponds and large depressions. There is low plant and animal biodiversity
and population numbers are low; however some plant heavy metal ecotypes have
managed to establish here successfully. This study evaluates bioaccumulation.
https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/41071/1/10183536.pdf
