This delightful traditional stone cottage stands on the same land from which Welsh gold was extracted for the Royal wedding rings. The owner of Ty Glan Afon owns and leases a portion of his land to the Clogau Mining Company. Click on the name for more details.
The Queen was presented with a supply of gold from the company’s Bontddu mine in 1986 but the recently engaged couple Prince William and Kate Middleton have been offered more if needed.
It is extremely rare and has a unique pink tinge as it is stained by the copper ore also found in the mine.
The Queen Mother’s wedding ring, the Queen’s in 1947, Princess Margaret’s in 1960, the Princess Royal’s in 1973 and that of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1981 were all made from the same nugget from the mine.
The British Royal Family has been wearing Welsh gold wedding rings dating back to 1923 and the tradition has continued more recently with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales when he wed The Duchess of Cornwall back in 2005.
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The house has been in the same family for at least Ten Generations- Five of which have worked in the Goldmine. Two of them father and son are pictured above (circa 1894?).The son R.D.Jones is pictured in the front row 3rd right,stradling the railline aged about 16 years and the father Evan Jones is behind him slightly to the left carryinga bar over his right shoulder and sporting a beard. The Mine has produced over 85,000 ounces of Gold(nearly 3 ton)through 16 miles of underground tunnels making it the most productive in Wales, at todays values this would be worth over 100million dollars!!
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