Powys, Wales
Rhayader upper Wye market town and Elan gateway
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
1888 historic-map era
Rhayader is a market town at the falls of the upper Wye and gateway to the Elan dams, swelled by 1890s dam-building traffic; riverbank and yards hold town refuse.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.