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Caernarfon (Slate Quay / 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: Slate-port and garrison-town refuse, and clay pipes along the Slate Quay 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

Major slate-export port beside a World Heritage castle; the castle and walls are scheduled/protected, so work permitted foreshore only.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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