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Clonmines

County Wexford

A medieval town that died when its harbour filled with silt.

Clonmines was a medieval town with churches, tower houses and its own mint. As its estuary silted up, ships could no longer reach it, and the town slowly emptied.

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When
Abandoned 1600s
Where
52.2600, -6.8200
Group
Lost & drowned villages

Visiting

On private farmland near Wellingtonbridge, visible from the road.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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