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Pwllheli old harbour and shipyards

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: clay pipes.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1889 historic-map era

Llyn peninsula market town whose harbour built and manned scores of coastal schooners in the 1800s before silting; old harbour margins and reclaimed ground hold shipbuilding-era refuse.

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