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Gwynedd, Wales

Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir shore

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

Llyn Trawsfynydd was created in 1928 for hydro power, flooding low-lying farmland by the old market and drovers village; debris surfaces on the drawn-down shore.

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