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Aberdyfi slate and bark port on the Dyfi

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: slate trade tools.

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

Dyfi estuary port that shipped slate, oak bark and lead and built wooden ships through the 1800s; jetty ground and estuary foreshore below the terrace carry port-era refuse.

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