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Swansea, Wales

Gowerton tinplate and Loughor estuary tips

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: slag.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1899 historic-map era

Tinplate and colliery town at the head of the Loughor estuary; works waste and estuary-edge tips.

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