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Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

Llwyn-on and the Taf Fawr Beacons reservoirs

Lake shore Documented siteRestricted

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

The Taf Fawr chain, ending with Llwyn-on reservoir in 1926, drowned farms and a chapel in the valley north of Merthyr; debris shows on drawn-down shores.

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