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Powys, Wales

Talybont reservoir and the drowned Caerfanell 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: 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

Talybont reservoir, opened 1939 for Newport, flooded farms in the upper Caerfanell valley above the canal village; ruins show at low water.

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