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Powys, Wales

Rhayader upper Wye market town and Elan gateway

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Photos 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.

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