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The Bronze Age copper mine on the Great Orme in North Wales, is one of the most important prehistoric archaeological sites in Britain. Since excavations began here in 1987, a vast network of tunnels dating to the Bronze Age has been uncovered.

The copper from this mine helped transform bronze age Britain and Ireland – and even more distant lands.

But who were the people who dug these incredible tunnels? Why did they work so hard down here in the darkness and for so many centuries? Who were the wealthy and mighty chiefs who ruled over them?

And what did they do with the hundreds of tons of copper they excavated here?

This is the remarkable story of the largest and most important copper mine of bronze age Britain.

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Video Chapters

00:00 the Largest Prehistoric Mine
00:48 Video Sponsorship
02:00 The Great Orme Copper Mine
05:14 Prehistoric Mining Tools
06:45 19th Century Discovery
07:37 Fire Setting to Weaken Rock
08:20 Lighting in Ancient Mines
09:22 Mining in Bronze Age Britain
10:21 The Great Orme Miners
11:00 The Great Chiefs of the Mine
12:33 The Mold Cape
13:17 Where did all that copper go?