What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Philadelphia Packet as Wreck from the Ôl-ganoloesol period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The Philadelphia Packet was a merchant vessel lost in the 18th century, likely during the period of the War of Austrian Succession. It wrecked off the coast of Wales, with no detailed records of lives or cargo lost, but it is noted in the National Monuments Record of Wales as a historically significant wreck from the early modern period.
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