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Powys, Wales

Llyn Clywedog and the drowned Clywedog valley farms

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: pre-1960s farm and mine debris, 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 1960s Clywedog dam above Llanidloes flooded valley farms and old Bryntail lead-mine ground; farm ruins show at low water.

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