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Aug 25, 2024

Prehistoric child's footprints

More than 6,000 years ago, a child and two adults walked across the salt marsh at what's now Uskmouth, Newport, leaving footprints which were discovered in 1986. Now you can scan HistoryPoints QR codes by the Wales Coast Path to see a photo of the footprints ...

and read about the footprints as you pass the site. You can also see a photo of a Mesolithic mattock, made of deer bone, which was found nearby. The information and photos are also available by clicking 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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