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Jan 8, 2013

Brunel bulldozed our village

Legendary engineer IK Brunel didn't do things in half measures. When he decided that Neyland should be the ...

main port for ferries to southern Ireland, the villagers were bought out and their homes demolished to make way for a quay and rail terminal. For 50 years the Pembrokeshire village flourished, but then the ships transferred to the Fishguard to Rosslare route. Neyland's rail facilities shrivelled, and closed outright in 1964. Since then the area has been transformed a second time, with the creation of a marina. To find out more, scan the QR codes around the marina area, or click 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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