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Ceredigion, Wales
Pontrhydygroes and the Ystwyth lead mines
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea pottery
Old bottlesAlso reported: mine refuse.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Pontrhydygroes was a lead-mining village on the Ystwyth serving Logaulas and nearby mines under the Hafod estate; village and spoil ground hold mine-era refuse.
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