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Carmarthenshire, Wales

Llyn Brianne drowned Tywi headwater farms

Lake shore Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Llyn Brianne, dammed 1972 on the upper Tywi above Rhandirmwyn, flooded remote farmsteads; foundations appear at low water in drought.

Keep exploring nearby

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