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Bangor (Port Penrhyn / Menai Strait)

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Penrhyn slate-port and city refuse, and clay pipes along the harbour and Strait foreshore.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, Ordnance Survey mapped

Cathedral city and the great Penrhyn slate-export harbour on the Strait; heavy 19th-century quay activity and pier.

Keep exploring nearby

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