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Porthmadog slate-port harbour

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Wreck timberWreck timber

Also reported: ship smalls.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Purpose-built slate port from 1811 shipping Ffestiniog slate worldwide, with ballast island and quays shedding ship-trade refuse.

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