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Apr 25, 2012

Shiver me timbers at the Cottage Loaf

The shipwreck near Llanddulas this month was unusual, but at one time there were so many wrecks along ...

the North Wales coast that they supplied plentiful timber for the new Dunphy's Warehouse in Llandudno. The shipwreck timber was reused when the Cottage Loaf pub was built on the same site. Details here

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Towyn floods illustrated

Oct 9, 2024

Hundreds of people have read our information about the 1990 tidal flood at Towyn since we placed QR codes on the sea wall near the funfair in 2012. Now we've updated our web page about the sea defences with photos of the floodwater ...

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Porthgain's steam railway

Oct 2, 2024

Today Porthgain is a rural Pembrokeshire idyll, so walkers on the coast path may be surprised when they scan new HistoryPoints QR codes which reveal the extent of the steam railway that once served a granite quarry. Before the first steam ...

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Llanengan's isolated chimney

Sep 24, 2024

The tall chimney which stands in isolation on a hill above Llanengan, near Abersoch, may puzzle some visitors, but now you can scan HistoryPoints QR codes nearby to discover that it was built for a Victorian lead mine which had a steam-powered ...

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