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Y Felinheli slate dock on the Menai Strait

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 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

1889 historic-map era

Port Dinorwic, purpose-built to ship Dinorwic quarry slate down the Menai Strait through the 1800s; dock margins, ballast ground and strait foreshore hold slate-trade refuse.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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