Wales
Pembrey, Carmarthenshire
Cefn Sidan sands, wreckers' coast
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Wreck timber
Nails and fittings
Sea glassAlso reported: driftwood, WW2 range debris from the former Pembrey ranges.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Eight-mile sandbank that took ships from 1810 to 1996 and was worked by the 'Gwyr y Bwelli Bach' wreckers 1770 to 1870; Teviotdale (1886) and Paul (1925) hulls still show.
Pembrey and Burry Port Heritage: lists nine losses including Union 1810, La Jeune Emma 1828, Teviotdale 1886 and Paul 1925, the last two 'still to be seen'; wind and weather quickly reshape the sandbanksView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Very fast tide over flat sandQuicksand channels, military range to the north
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