Powys, Wales
Elan Valley reservoirs and drowned Nantgwyllt and Cwm Elan
Lake shore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea pottery
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: pre-1900 house and farm debris, glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
The 1890s-1900s Elan dams drowned Nantgwyllt and Cwm Elan houses, farms and a chapel; ruins and debris surface along the shore in drought.
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